COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The co-leader of a large-scale drug and sex trafficking ring that operated near a Columbus elementary school from 2008 to 2022 has received his prison sentence.

Patrick “White Boy Pat” Saultz, 46, was given a 22-year prison sentence on federal charges related to distributing controlled substances near an elementary school, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and concealment money laundering, per the acting U.S. Attorney Kelly Norris of the Southern District of Ohio.

He is also ordered to pay restitution of more than $1.7 million in cash in addition to paying the sex trafficking victims and losing his property rights which includes two cars, a motorcycle, dozens of guns, a Rolex watch, and real estate. Saultz is one of 25 people charged in connection to this drug ring that has been convicted or pleaded guilty.

Court documents said that Saultz and his co-leader Cordell Washington, 39, ran the large-scale operation near an elementary school in southwest Columbus. He began by distributing heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine from his house also in southwest Columbus in 2008. The operation expanded to selling drugs from over a dozen residences and trafficking narcotics to West Virginia and northern Ohio.

Investigators estimate that over 40 grams of fentanyl was sold per day from each drug house and over $18,000 worth of drugs was sold per day from the main house near the elementary school. Saultz and other members were also accused of running a sex trafficking operation by coercing women to engage in prostitution for illegal drugs.

NBC4 previously reported that federal officers arrested eight men and three women who were all charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs over two years. In total agents seized $1.5 million in cash, 44 firearms, seven vehicles and a motorcycle.

The original indictment included the following defendants:

Defendants added in the superseding indictment unsealed in October of 2022 include: