March 29, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A Sparta man found with methamphetamine during a 2020 traffic stop by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced Wednesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
48-year-old Marty Lance entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) under 0.5 grams and received a six-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000. The sentence is to run concurrently with a White County TDOC probation case.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on November 24, 2020 a detective pulled over a white 1995 Ford F-350 dually truck on Nashville Highway for passing a vehicle on a double yellow line. Lance, the driver, had a revoked license. After he consented to a search of his truck, the detective found a magnetic box under the bed of the truck which contained three baggies of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine. The baggies weighed 0.28 ounces, 0.43 ounces, and 1.03 ounces. Along with the narcotics were digital scales. Lance’s driver license was revoked on March 25, 1992 due to several DUIs and other offenses.
A total of $121 in cash and Lance’s truck were seized in the investigation.
23-year-old Skylar James Pease entered a plea to simple possession of a Schedule VI drug (Marijuana) and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $250.
43-year-old Daniel Hill entered a plea to violation of an order of protection. He received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to supervised probation. Two other charges were dismissed.