A fired Ohio state trooper who trafficked pain pills and anabolic steroids and who possessed an unregistered machine gun and silencer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.

Among the charges 44-year-old Jason Delcol pleaded guilty to this summer was witness tampering. The Delaware, Ohio man was one of six men charged in a drug-trafficking operation in the Columbus area.

In August 2017, according to court documents, Delcol helped his friend and co-defendant, Nicholas Glassburn, avoid arrest after police found Glassburn asleep in an SUV that had cocaine and crack cocaine inside.

Glassburn lied and told law enforcement he found the drugs in one of his children’s rooms and had removed them. He said Delcol had told him to destroy the drugs or take them to a police station. When law enforcement called Delcol to confirm the story, Delcol identified himself as a state trooper “and lied on Glassburn’s behalf,” officials said in a news release. In a follow-up call days later, officials said Delcol lied again for his friend.

Court documents say the two were high school friends.

Delcol also gave Glassburn a ballistic vest when Glassman met with a man to discuss a drug debt of approximately $17,000, court documents say.

Documents also say Delcol's silencer and machine gun didn't have serial numbers.

Delcol, who drove a Mercedes sedan, was involved in the drug trafficking conspiracy while he was working as a state trooper.

He obtained drugs including testosterone, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone, and then provided them to Glassburn. He also obtained prescription drugs from Glassburn like Xanax, oxycodone and Percocet and distributed them to another man.

Glassburn has pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge and with being a convicted felon in possession of a gun.

Also as part of the drug conspiracy, Glassburn supplied cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana to a dealer.

A man who supplied Glassburn with marijuana, Carlos Carvalho, has pleaded guilty to money laundering and faces 20 years in prison. Carvalho would often travel to Colorado to purchase multiple pounds of marijuana. 

Benjamine Owings, who distributed testosterone, steroids, human growth hormone and oxycodone to Delcol, was sentenced last month to time served and three years of supervised release.

All the cases are in U.S. District Court in Columbus.

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