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A 600-pound drug dealer was sentence at court from an ambulance!

A 600lb drug dealer had to be sentenced in an ambulance that was designated as a courtroom because moving him from the vehicle would ‘endanger his health and well-being,’ an Ohio judge said. 

Kirk Lenell Smith, 42, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking and being a felon in possession of a gun on Wednesday outside the Hamilton County Courthouse. The sentencing occurred at the loading dock. 

Smith is believed to weigh more than 600 pounds and the decision to hold the proceedings outside were deemed the easiest by Common Pleas Judge Tom Heekin. 

Kirk Lenell Smith, 42, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking and being a felon in possession of a gun on Wednesday outside the Hamilton County Courthouse

‘Moving Kirk Smith from the ambulance would endanger his health and well-being,’ Heekin said as he read from a document, Cincinnati.com reports.

He was sentenced to two years in prison (mugshot from 2009)

He was sentenced to two years in prison (mugshot from 2009)

Heekin sentenced Smith – who had a blood oxygen monitor on his left index finger – to two years in prison.

The judge had one foot inside the ambulance as he spoke with Smith, with his court reporter setting up at the edge of the ambulance. 

Smith was only able to give brief answers that consisted of one or two words. And when asked if he wanted to make a statement, the man is said to have attempted to but was unable to speak. 

According to Sgt. Ryan Hudson with the Cincinnati Police Department, police first got information that Smith was selling drugs from his Hartwell residence in April 2018.   

‘We received a Crimestoppers tip and some information from the community that an individual up on Rosewood in Hartwell — the activity was consistent with drug trafficking,’ he explained to Local 12.

The ambulance took Smith from the courthouse to the prison after he was sentenced

The ambulance took Smith from the courthouse to the prison after he was sentenced

Police raided Smith’s home in April 2018 and found surveillance cameras, drugs and a gun that he was not allowed to own

Police raided Smith’s home in April 2018 and found surveillance cameras, drugs and a gun that he was not allowed to own

Police raided Smith’s home and found surveillance cameras, drugs and a gun that he was not allowed to own. They could not physically arrest him but did read him his rights. 

‘It was obvious that there were people running for him because he’s so large, as I mentioned 600 to 700 pounds, he wasn’t able to move around freely,’ said Hudson. ‘It made it kind of tough on us to maneuver or almost get him out of the house that particular day. In fact, it was impossible.’ 

A co-conspirator – named Isaac Collins – was convicted of trafficking in marijuana. 

Smith was taken straight to prison from the courthouse.  

They could not physically arrest him at the home but did read him his rights

They could not physically arrest him at the home but did read him his rights

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