September 29, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A suspected drug dealer was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court last Tuesday.
42-year-old Nathan Joe Trapp entered a plea to possession of methamphetamine for resale and received a 10-year sentence to serve as a range 1 offender. Trapp received jail credit from August 12, 2022 to April 10, 2023 and from September 14, 2023 to September 24, 2024. He was fined $2,000.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Friday, August 12, 2022 a detective and other members of the Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at Trapp’s residence and found 650 grams of a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine, two whole orange pills and broken pills believed to be Suboxone, two Alprazolam bars, five Clonazepam pills, numerous scales, baggies, and other drug paraphernalia along with two loaded Taurus 9 mm handguns, a loaded DB 5.56 caliber AR-15, and $30,750 in cash. In addition to the money, investigators seized from Trapp a 2003 Nissan Murano and a 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle. They also discovered that the VIN number had been removed from the dash, door jams, and frame of a black Chevy Silverado truck on the premises. Trapp’s charges in the August 2022 bust included possession of Suboxone, Alprazolam, and Clonazepam with intent to sell or deliver; and possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver over 300 grams; unlawful possession of a weapon; possession of drug paraphernalia; violation of an order of protection; and alteration of a VIN number. Trapp was charged with the illegal possession of the weapons because he was a convicted felon for two previous aggravated assaults and was not allowed to have any firearms. He went to prison for a time for those crimes.
Meanwhile,44-year-old Brandon Edward Smith entered a plea to two counts of possession with intent to sell methamphetamine under 0.5 grams. He received a 6-year TDOC sentence in each case to run concurrently with each other suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 in each case and received 39 days jail credit.
58-year-old Paul G. Cantrell entered a plea to two counts of possession with intent to sell methamphetamine over 0.5 grams and received an 8-year TDOC sentenced in each case to run concurrently with each other suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 in each case and given 25 days jail credit.
56-year-old William Andrew Cantrell entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug (cocaine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8-year sentence to serve at 30% before his release eligibility date. His case will be furloughed to the 13th Judicial District Recovery Court. He was fined $2,000. Cantrell was given jail credit of 269 days.
46-year-old Rachel Spurlock entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. She was fined $2,000 and given jail credit of 114 days.
33-year-old Eric Dwayne Judkins entered a plea to possession with intent to sell a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) under 0.5 grams and received a 6-year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and given 16 days jail credit
37-year-old Rickey Hendrixson entered a plea to possession of a schedule II drug with intent to sell and received an 8-year sentence on supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and given 41 days jail credit.