October 15, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
One of several people indicted by the grand jury in August following a joint undercover investigation appeared for sentencing in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Monday, October 7.
65-year-old Ricky Lee Dowell, indicted for sale and delivery of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and sale and delivery of a schedule III drug (Buprenorphine), entered a plea to one count of sale of a schedule III drug and received a four-year sentence on supervised probation under judicial diversion. He was fined $2,000 and given jail credit of 54 days.
The joint undercover drug investigation was conducted over several months by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Smithville Police Department, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation targeting several persons accused of illegally selling narcotics including methamphetamine.