Clatsop Meth Dealer Sentenced to 68 Months

Erin Alber Ayles, age 59, was sentenced to 68 months in prison by Judge Cindee Matyas on 11-1-12 for Delivery of a Controlled Substance.  Ayles was arrested on 9-2-12 at the time of a Clatsop County Drug Task Force search warrant and 11.5 grams of methamphetamine was seized from him at the time of his arrest.  Chief Deputy DA Ron Brown sought and Ayles was given an “upward departure” sentence due to his persistent involvement in the same type of offenses.  This was Ayles 3^rd conviction for DCS meth this year.  The court also forfeited drug money seized from Ayles.  Brown said that Ayles was one of the bigger dealers of meth in our county and Ayles was dealing multiple ounces of meth on a weekly basis which he obtained from his source in Portland.  The Drug Task Force arrested 23 individuals on or about 9-2-12 for various drug charges (both methamphetamine and heroin) after an investigation which lasted several months, Brown said.  Ayles pled No Contest to the charge midway through trial when a co-defendnat  agreed to turn state’s evidence and testify against Ayles, Brown said.