Sale City woman pleads guilty in meth case
Published 1:30 pm Tuesday, September 11, 2018
ALBANY, Ga. — A Sale City woman was sentenced Thursday to serve 37 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
Jeroen Tiller, 32, had pleaded guilty, according to a press release from Charles E. Peeler, United States Attomey for the Middle District of Georgia. The sentence was handed down by Senior U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands in Albany, Peeler’s announcement said
In her plea agreement, Tiller admitted that in October 2015, Mitchell County sheriff’s deputies were contacted by a confidential informant (CI), who told them that large amounts of methamphetamine were being mailed to Tiller’s home in Mitchell County. On Oct. 29, 2015, the CI told law enforcement that a package had been delivered there. Agents initiated surveillance, and saw Tiller return home and bring a package inside. Thereafter, she left her home, put the package in her SUV, and drove off.
Agents conducted a traffic stop of Tiller’s SUV and told her they believed she was transporting a package of methamphetamine.
Tiller stated: “I know what’s in the box, and I am in big trouble,” according to Peeler’s news release.
Tiller consented to allow officers to remove the box from her car and open it. Inside, officers found suspected methamphetamine. Tiller waived her Miranda rights and admitted someone nicknamed “Bug” would have packages delivered to her home. She then delivered the packages to “Bug.” In lieu of cash payment, “Bug” paid her with methamphetamine, Peeler said.
The contents of the package were submitted to a DEA laboratory for testing. It was found to contain 3.965 kilograms of methamphetamine which was 98.502 pure, he said.
“Methamphetamine is a terribly destructive drug and a scourge in our communities,” Peeler said. “I commend the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration for their work in this case.”
The case was investigated by the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA. Assistant United States Attorney Leah E. McEwen prosecuted the case for the United States.
