Huge meth sweep nets locals

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Wednesday, October 26. 2011

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This following account was written by Larry Stanford of The Thomaston Times. Local law enforcement has not yet commented on local arrests.

Two Barnesville residents, Michael Holloway and Cherrie A. Crummie, 30, were arrested as part of a massive methamphetamine sweep originating in Upson County

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#1 Anonymous on 10/26/11 at 01:58 PM

Glad they are off of the streets!!! Glad to see all of the counties working together. Good job to all of you!!

I bet all of these people looked 60 years old or more.

#1.1 Anonymous on 11/01/11 at 01:52 PM

how the heck u gone arrest sumbody for a fone call they made ten months ago? come on yall big bad police men yall didnt find any drugs on anyone. GOOD JOB!

#2 Anonymous on 10/26/11 at 02:00 PM

Allen Mcwhorter needs to come to Lamar County sometimes and scope a little dope here. Doesnt he work for the BPD also?

#2.1 Ode on 10/27/11 at 10:19 AM

The law enforcement officer you are referring to is Bryan McWhorter who is employed by the Barnesville Police Department.

Great job.

#2.1.1 Anonymous on 11/03/11 at 01:51 PM

I am not talking about Bryan....there are two McWhorters' on the force. The one that works with the NTF and the BPD needs to spend more time in Barnesville.

#3 momof2 on 10/26/11 at 02:16 PM

Wow, it saddens me to see several of the names on this list are people I went to school with, one of whon I called my best friend in middle school. I know most of these people have children, and I am so sorry for them. I am sure they live in chaos while surrounded by the chaos left in meth's wake.
Congrats on a job well done, especially to Brian Hammock, who was my neighbor, childhood friend, and is now a good man.
God bless the innocent victims in this, the family and the kids.

#4 Mark on 10/26/11 at 03:10 PM

It is good news that a meth distribution network has been broken up. Meth is a horrible scourge on our society. It doesn't have any social or economic boundaries. So many families are affected by this drug. I commend the local law enforcement for working on this problem. Good Job.

#5 D. Wilson on 10/26/11 at 03:54 PM

Great, fantastic job.
These people have no idea what that stuff does to their brain cells.

#6 Anonymous on 10/26/11 at 04:56 PM

Way to go Upson Co. Sheriff's dept.!!!! It's good to see meth arrests in the paper.

#7 Anonymous on 10/27/11 at 05:36 AM

GREAT JOB everyone

#8 Anonymous on 10/27/11 at 06:56 AM

Conspiracy to possess?

Yeah, that won't stick in court.

#8.1 waste of warrant on 10/27/11 at 10:43 AM

I was thinking the same thing. They expected to find product on them I guess.

#8.1.1 I smell a rat! on 10/27/11 at 01:17 PM

If I had to guess someone told on these people that they were distributors. Maybe they think Kilby will tell while they are holding them for the evidence. Kilby probably would for less jail time.

#8.2 Wanna bet? on 10/27/11 at 12:08 PM

Contrary to your arm-chair lawyering, conspiracy to possess a drug is a legitimate legal charge and doesn't have anything to do with whether a suspect actually has the controlled substance on their person at the time of arrest, just like "intent to distribute" does not require the actual delivery of drugs. Because of the nature of drug rings, it is a common Federal charge, particularly when there is a large operation and multiple arrests, and is a very serious accusation.

They better have a damn good attorney or be willing to plead to a lesser charge.

Kudos to the Feds and local authorities for getting some of that crap off the streets.

#8.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 10/27/11 at 05:10 PM

Absolutely. I agree!

#8.2.2 Anonymous on 10/27/11 at 05:27 PM

intent to distribute requires actual possession of a physical drug. In a conspiracy to possess charge, none of those people actually possessed the drug.

#8.2.2.1 Misunderstanding the Law Will Get Your @$$ in Trouble on 10/27/11 at 11:01 PM

In case you are not aware, you do NOT have to be in possession of the controlled substance to be charged with "conspiracy to possess."

OCGA § 16-13-33 mandates, “Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this article shall be, upon conviction thereof, punished by imprisonment not exceeding the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.”

Your assumptions about the charge are completely inaccurate. It's a prosecutable criminal charge that will stick. Conspiracy and Intent laws with regards to controlled substances do not always require the drug to be in your physical possession. Anyone who believes otherwise better have their attorney on speed-dial.

#9 8 and 8.1 on 10/27/11 at 11:20 AM

It will stick especially if they take these cases federal. I have seen thousands of these cases prosecuted successfully at that level. It's almost sad how easy it is to be busted for conspiracy and it stick. Think about it; "Conspiracy" all you basically have to do is engage in a conversation and agree to buy it, make it, or hold it, any of those and more will do. If its recorded its very easy to prove. Read the federal guidelines.

#9.1 Sheila Tolley on 10/27/11 at 05:15 PM

""Conspiracy" all you basically have to do is engage in a conversation and agree to buy it, make it, or hold it, any of those and more will do."

Why shouldn't that be conspiracy? What are these people if not conspirators......Chatty Cathy dolls?

I wish they could all serve time for every family they have ever hurt!

#10 annonomous on 10/27/11 at 06:22 PM

first of all none of you know the entire details to any of it ok and no one was found to have annything at all period so how does all this take place someone snitching and giving false information to authoraties no one had anything they expecting to find meth but no one accused is guilty of these accusations and no one arrested deserved this its accusations because some people in williamson who were arrested told authorities lies lies lies thanks thats real thats what happen

#10.1 Sheila Tolley on 10/27/11 at 10:10 PM

Oh yeah.........TEN months of investigating:

"and no one was found to have annything at all period so how does all this take place someone snitching and giving false information to authoraties no one had anything they"

take a breath dude. Clear your mind............never mind, just take another hit of whatever you are hitting. Those lights you see are just Blue Light Specials from K-Mart. Just pull slowly over and show your ID to the nice gentleman in the uniform. Now get into the backseat of the other car. He is going to take you back to K-Mart to finish shopping.

#10.2 Anonymous on 10/28/11 at 07:39 AM

So none of these people are meth heads? Is that what your saying?

#10.3 anon on 10/28/11 at 08:49 AM

Punctuation is your friend. And it's sure mine. Your post was rambling too much for me to pay attention.

#11 CHERRIE CRUMMIE on 10/27/11 at 10:48 PM

TO EVERYONE THAT IS CONCERNED OR THE ONES THAT JUST LIKE TO GOSSIP!! MY NAME IS CHERRIE CRUMMIE. I LIVE IN UPSON COUNTY NOT LAMAR. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT MIX-UP BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE ESPECIALLY MY CLIENTS. I'VE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN MY LIFE THAT I'M NOT PROUD OF BUT FROM THIS I HOPE TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON. IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME JUST ASK ME I WILL NOT LIE TO ANYONE WHEN ASKED ABOUT ANYTHING. SO TO THE ONES THAT ONLY SEE ME AS BEING HUMAN AND ACCEPT MY APOLOGY, THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!

#11.1 Anonymous on 10/29/11 at 03:48 AM

Rid yourself of these people that will bring you down Cherrie. Some of these ppl have been busted before and never got a day sentence. That should be worth something there. Find you a good guy and end all contact with anyone that even smokes weed, drinks, or anything. To turn from all this is to do a 180*. Once you allow just a small thing back in, it will grow and turn into other things. You can add a teaspoon of manure to 5 gallons of milk and it ruins the whole thing. It doesnt take much to mess things up. Whatever the punishment is, take it and use this as a reason to live right, along with you wanting to be the best mother you can.

#11.2 Amy Smith on 10/29/11 at 05:10 PM

We all mistakes Cherrie, hold your head up high and don't let gossip or what anyone says get you down. People that judge you fail to remember that we all make mistakes in life. Just because they may have never gone down this road does not mean that anyone is any better than the other. God loves each and everyone of us and he forgives each and everyone of us. Always remember you are a very loved person and you have the rest of your life to turn this negative experience into a positive one. Sometimes we all make stupid mistakes, but it is not the mistake that defines us it is the lesson that we take from it.

#12 Just saying on 10/28/11 at 11:17 AM

Don't trust anybody! EVER! Lesson learned the hard way myself. Now days your own family will set you up to try and keep their own self out of trouble, but what they don't realize is that in the end... they get no where ratting on people. And most of the time they are quick to set someone up and the whole time they are STILL doing drugs... just a way for them to keep up with their habit a little bit longer, until someone deals them the same card...

#12.1 Anonymous on 10/28/11 at 01:52 PM

cry me a river.....YOU use YOU lose. YOUR fault.

#12.1.1 Just saying on 11/02/11 at 02:22 PM

Umm just for your information I DONT use so therefore I didnt loose....

#13 Anonymous on 10/30/11 at 06:22 PM

What an amazing display of igornant small minded individuals who feed on matters that they know nothing about. Were any of you present? Were any of you privy to information gathered that warranted the arrests? Have any of you ever read to the Constitution and understand due process and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty? What a frightening society that surrounds us all. May God forgive and bless all of you who live such perfect error proofed lives.

#14 Anonymous on 10/31/11 at 09:34 AM

Thats the answer..bow your head and pray to the imaginary one in the heavens.

#14.1 Anonymous on 11/01/11 at 11:02 PM

What an amazingly small-minded thing to say. How sad your life must be with no faith in it.

#15 matt f. on 11/14/11 at 08:34 PM

if there's one thing i know, its that drugs destroy the mind and in the end will leave you with nothing

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