WARREN — A city man was sentenced Tuesday to two-and-a-half years in prison for numerous drug convictions.

Levar Allen, 41, of Beechcrest Street, was given consecutive prison terms by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah T. Kovoor, who told Allen he was not eligible for probation because of two previous prison sentences, according to the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office.

On Feb. 18, Allen pleaded guilty to four counts of trafficking in cocaine and five counts of trafficking in fentanyl-related compounds, plus another misdemeanor count of possession of a counterfeit controlled substance. The judge told Allen that if his behavior in prison is good after serving two years of his felony sentence, she may allow him to forego the six-month county jail sentence given for the misdemeanor conviction.

The case involved a drug trafficking investigation conducted by the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office TAG anti-drug task force that involved nine drug buys by a confidential informant between Feb. 25, 2020, and July 2, 2020. The task force also executed a search warrant at Allen’s home that netted counterfeit narcotics, scales, more than $4,000 in cash and other items.