COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus man with a lengthy federal criminal record was sentenced Tuesday to 160 months in prison for his role in a narcotics conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine across the city.
Terrel Patterson, 38, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. He is one of four defendants sentenced in connection with the investigation.
Court documents show Patterson received narcotics from Amber Limoli, his girlfriend and co-defendant, and the two coordinated drug sales through frequent text messages. In one exchange, Patterson discussed obtaining additional properties to expand the operation. His contact was saved in Limoli’s phone as “Partner in Crime.”
Limoli, the former wife of co-defendant Petrocelli Robertson, admitted to continuing the drug operation while Robertson was incarcerated. Robertson, 40, was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for running the operation from Columbus residences and from inside prison. Limoli received 172 months, including for drug offenses committed within 225 feet of Westgate Elementary School.
A fourth defendant, Danny Hood, was sentenced to 170 months for overseeing one of the drug houses. Investigators found Hood was also renting rooms to women engaged in prostitution and exchanging drugs for things of value.
Law enforcement seized at least 19 firearms, more than $130,000 in cash, jewelry and ammunition from five Columbus residences used as drug premises during the investigation.
Patterson’s federal criminal history dates to 2006, when he was sentenced to 60 months for participating in a crack cocaine distribution group. He has at least two additional federal convictions for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.