Solon's Jimmie Goodgame Sentenced to Prison For Role in Drug Ring

Solon resident Jimmie Goodgame was sentenced to nearly six years in prison Thursday for his role in a massive heroin trafficking ring.

Goodgame, 42, of 36875 Broadstone Drive in Solon's Signature 2 subdivision, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money derived from drug proceeds drug proceeds. He was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Gaughan.

His wife, Stacy Goodgame, 41, of Reminderville, Ohio was previously sentenced to 18 months in prison for the same crime.

Goodgame laundered $1.5 million worth of drug profits through a number of bank accounts and purchasing more than 50 luxury cars.

“This case shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that law enforcement in our region will work together to not only follow the drug flow, but also the money trail,” said U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach in a news release.

The drug organization, led by Addonnise Wells and Mario Freeman, used an apartment in Lakewood as a “stash house” for their heroin before dealing it from homes in Cleveland, according to court documents.

Freeman and others then laundered their drug profits through the Goodgames.

For four years from 2007 to 2011, Goodgame deposited more than $1.5 million in cash into accounts he controlled between 20008 and 2010. The Goodgames had more than 50 automobiles titled to their three companies in 2010, including multiple Range Rovers, Porsches, Audis, Cadillacs, Mercedes Benzs, BMWs, a Range Rover and a Maserati, among other vehicles.

The cars were actually driven and controlled by drug dealers, according to court documents.

According to prosecutors, Jimmie Goodgame created several businesses, including J&G Enterprises I, LLC and Washington Industries, Inc. to purchase and title vehicles for his  drug trafficking clients.

Stacy Goodgame allowed her husband to use her company, Goodgame Heavenly Cleaning, and her personal name and bank accounts for the money laundering efforts.

A big break in the case came in March 2007 when a car titled to Jimmie Goodgame was pulled over outside Chicago. Law enforcement found $504,520 packaged in heat-sealed plastic in a hidden compartment of the car.