June 26, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Six people indicted after undercover drug investigations by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department had their day in criminal court last Tuesday.
Judge David Patterson presided.
23 year old Aaron Jeffery Jones entered a plea to 2 counts of sale of methamphetamine over 0.5 grams and received a 10 year sentence on TDOC probation after serving 300 days in the county jail. He was fined $4,000. The terms are to run concurrently with each other and concurrently with a Warren County sentence against him. He must make $700 restitution to the sheriff’s department. Jones was given jail credit from November 4, 2018 to June 18, 2019
37 year old Willie Ray Murphy entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8 year sentence to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction as a range II offender. He must serve at least 35% of the term before his release eligibility date. Murphy was fined $2,000. He must make $435 restitution to the sheriff’s department. Murphy was given jail credit of 319 days
25 year old Resha Nicole Martin entered a plea to sale of a schedule III drug (suboxone) and received a 3 year sentence on TDOC probation. She was fined $2,000 and must make $340 restitution to the sheriff’s department.
25 year old Jesse Ray Herman entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8 year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation except for 180 days to serve. He was fined $2,000 and must make $360 restitution to the sheriff’s department. Herman was given jail credit of 228 days.
35 year old Anthony Joe Hamilton entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8 year sentence on TDOC probation after serving 180 days in the county jail. He was fined $2,000. The term is to run concurrently with a misdemeanor sentence he is currently serving. Hamilton must make $150 restitution to the sheriff’s department. He was given jail credit of 71 days.
37 year old Danny Ray Murphy entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) and received a 6 year sentence to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction at 60% before his release eligibility date. He was fined $2,000. Murphy must make $360 restitution to the sheriff’s department. He was given 75 days jail credit.
The DeKalb County Grand Jury met in special session Monday, October 29, 2018 and returned sealed indictments in several drug cases including four of these defendants. The other two, Danny Ray Murphy and Anthony Joe Hamilton were indicted in April, 2019 by the grand jury after an undercover drug operation by the sheriff’s department.