Man sentenced for heroin trafficking

A 30-year-old Spokane Valley man was sentenced Tuesday in Kootenai County District Court to three years in prison for trafficking in heroin.

Daryl Warfield also violated the terms of his probation from a prior conviction for felony non-sufficient funds checks. According to a press release from the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office, Warfield pleaded guilty to the offense in November.

On Nov. 4, Warfield was stopped by members of the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task force. According to the release, he was in possession of a syringe and a bottle filled with heroin at the time of the traffic stop.

"The report in this case indicated that Mr. Warfield was distributing heroin in the Post Falls area," County Prosecutor Barry McHugh said in the release. "A significant sentence was appropriate given Mr. Warfield's criminal history, the fact that he was in possession of heroin while on probation, and the addictive and destructive nature of heroin."