SALEM – A 45-year-old Lynn man who admitted narcotic distribution and driving while under the influence of liquor received three to three and one-half years in prison and will be on probation for another two years when he is released.James Lloyd, who last lived at 127 Washington St., #6, avoided a trial by pleading guilty Friday in Salem Superior Court to possession with the intent to distribute class B narcotics, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, subsequent offense and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.Judge Howard J. Whitehead adopted the sentence agreement proposed by Assistant District Attorney Karen H. Hopwood and defense lawyer Rebecca E. Whitehill.Hopwood said she was prepared to show at trial that on the night of Feb. 6, Lynn Police officers Oscar R. Flores and Oren M. Wright were on routine patrol when they responded to Washington Street on a report of an accident.When they arrived shortly before 2:30 a.m. they found Lloyd slumped behind the wheel of a Hyundai Sonata in front of 127 Washington St. with the engine still running.It appeared he had hit a parked vehicle in front of him.Police said they could smell a strong odor or alcohol and marijuana on him as they tried to wake him.Inside a brown bag was a bottle of Southern Comfort, half empty, Hopwood said.When Lloyd exited the vehicle, police frisked him and found five small baggies of marijuana inside his pocket.Additionally, 35 pink pills of Ecstasy, a class B narcotic, were found packaged inside individual zip lock bags, ready for distribution.Lloyd previously was convicted of trafficking cocaine in 1990 out of Suffolk Superior Court, Hopwood told Whitehead as she asked him to adopt the joint recommendation offered to the court.Under the terms of his probationary period, Lloyd must complete a substance abuse program, refrain from all alcohol and drug use and consent to random screenings.Whitehead told him that if he violates any conditions imposed, he faces 30-months in jail.The judge credited Lloyd the 202 days he has spent in jail while held on bail awaiting trial on the case.
