James Lotharp on Friday was sentenced to three years in prison for drug possession

James Lotharp on Friday was sentenced to three years in prison for drug possession by Senior Erie County Judge Michael L. D’Amico. One of a dozen people arrested in a March 2006 sweep of Buffalo drug houses, Lotharp, 38, of Lafayette Avenue, was convicted Dec. 6 on a drug-possession charge for concealing crack cocaine in a magnetic key case hidden in his car. He was arrested at about 7 p. m. March 15, 2006, on Virginia Street near Locust Street. Trial Prosecutor Paul J. Glascott said Lotharp has a prior drug conviction.