Rudolph Lynch faces eight years in prison
Monday, July 20, 2009 11:49 AM
Rudolph Lynch, center, in court today with his attorneys, Dan Sabol, left, and W. Martin Midian.
A Columbus man caught accepting more than 200 pounds of marijuana in crates delivered to a motorcycle club was found guilty of drug possession today by a Franklin County jury.
Before Rudolph Lynch was brought to trial, though, one of his co-defendants was murdered and another was sentenced to prison.
The trial before Common Pleas Judge David W. Fais took three days.
Lynch, 42, of Olympic Club Drive on the Far East Side, will be sentenced Thursday and faces a mandatory eight years in prison and a mandatory fine of as much as $15,000. Jurors found Lynch not guilty of a drug trafficking charge after deliberating for more than eight hours.
Lynch, who had been free on bail, was immediately taken to jail.
Prosecutors said Lynch was with two other men on June 21, 2008, when boxes on a pallet marked "motorcyle parts" were delivered by undercover officers at the Joker's Wrath Motor Club, 368 W. Park Ave. in Franklinton.
Officers had been tipped off to the pallet in advance and sent in a SWAT team to monitor its delivery. The boxes contained 230 pounds of wrapped marijuana, according to a search warrant.
A police officer drove the truck.
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