VALDOSTA, Georgia – A Southwest Georgia man found on the collar by a dog who found a bag full of narcotics will be in federal prison for 75 months.
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Timothy Bernard Reese, 44, of Meigs, is also facing a three-year supervised release after admitting possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a press release from the Georgia Middle District Attorney’s Office.
There is no parole in the federal system.
“The unusual facts in this case do not mitigate the grave consequences repeat offenders face if they are caught trafficking methamphetamine in the Georgia Central District,” Acting US Attorney Peter D. Leary said in a statement. “Our office will work with our law enforcement partners to bring those to justice who repeatedly break the law and put citizens at risk through their criminal acts.”
According to the press release, a resident in Ochlocknee, Georgia, called authorities on December 13, 2019 because his dog found a suspicious brown school bag. The dog had come home with the bag, and when the resident opened it, he appeared to have found large amounts of illegal narcotics.
The dog usually roams the area bringing unwanted, smelly trash to its owner, Louis Schofill, Thomas County’s narcotics vice-commander, told the Thomasville Times-Enterprise in December 2019.
The contents turned out to be meth and according to the press release there were 154.78 grams in the bag.
According to the Times-Enterprise, about 13 lottery tickets were also found in the bag.
Authorities in Thomasville and Thomas County used the lottery tickets to track where and when they were bought and watched Reese buy them, federal prosecutors said.
On December 17, 2019, a woman filed a complaint with the Cairo police, alleging that Reese had come to her room at Grady Lodge in Cairo in nearby Grady County four days earlier and slapped her face demanding to know where his narcotics were, WSB-TV reported.
The woman suffered a broken eye socket, the TV station reported.
Reese was arrested on December 19, 2019, according to a press release. Reese later admitted to authorities that the bag was his and that he intended to distribute the methamphetamine.
“Reese admitted putting the bag there,” Schofill told the Times-Enterprise. “We will accept any help we can get from the community, even from a dog.”
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