April 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
One of two people found with methamphetamine during a traffic stop more than a year ago was sentenced in criminal court on Monday, April 15.
25-year-old Savannah Elizabeth Derrick entered a plea to possession with intent to sell a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received a sentence of eight years suspended to supervised probation. She was also fined $2,000 and given 37 days jail credit.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on March 9, 2023 a deputy spotted 28-year-old Raymond Marcelle Marks of Antioch, Tennessee driving on Nashville Highway with Derrick as his passenger. Knowing that Marks’ license was revoked, the deputy pulled him over and confirmed the offense through central dispatch. During a search of the vehicle a zippered bag was found in the floorboard between the driver and passenger seat which held 10.53 grams of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine. The bag was within reach of both Marks and Derrick. Marks also had on him a Glock 26-9-millimeter handgun.
Derrick got out of the vehicle with Marks and retrieved a backpack personal carry bag from another automobile before trying to enter an apartment. She was then detained but refused to give consent for the officer to search her bag. After a search warrant was obtained, the deputy found inside the backpack, a green bag which held 1.088 ounces of a crystal-like substance thought to be methamphetamine and another bag of the same substance that weighed 1.37 grams.
The case against Marks is apparently still pending in court.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, 38-year-old Bryan Miles entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) under 0.5 grams with intent to sell or deliver and received a six-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and was given jail credit of three months.
42-year-old Angel Petrone entered a plea to a burglary charge and received a sentence of two years all suspended to supervised probation. She must make restitution to be determined jointly and severally with a co-defendant.