A Florida man

was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after he was convicted for

failing to deliver a helicopter to a construction company that had paid

$125,000 for it.

Richard Patrick

Naylor, of Clearwater, Fla., was found guilty of theft by taking by a

12-person jury. Back in 1998, Mustang Construction Company contracted

with Naylor to provide a helicopter that was never delivered to the company,

prosecutors alleged.

Naylor indicated

in his testimony that the helicopter might have been fully built eventually

had he not been locked up here in jail. He also denied that he used the

$125,000 payment for his own means.

Naylor is also

implicated in several similar cases in Florida, said Maj. Bruce Jordan

of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, who conducted the original

investigation.

Also last week,

two men were convicted of drug charges in separate bench trials before

Superior Court Judge Johnnie Caldwell.

Willie F. Carter

of Atlanta was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine, possession of a

firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by

a convicted felon. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $200,000

fine.

Alford Saxton

Bostic of Atlanta was found guilty of trafficking cocaine and possession

of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He was sentenced to 25

years in prison and a $200,000 fine.