Houston County meth dealer fined $300K, sentenced to 15 years. What we know
A Warner Robins meth dealer will serve prison time after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and firearm possession charges, Houston County District Attorney Eric Edwards said Thursday.
Casey Washington, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday to trafficking methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The Warner Robins Police Department opened an investigation into Washington in July 2024 after being told by confidential informants that he was “selling narcotics from 111 Meadowdale Drive in Warner Robins,” the news release said.
The WRPD conducted controlled buys from Washington between July and August 2024 before obtaining a search warrant. Law enforcement executed the search warrant on Aug. 15, 2024, where they found Washington and another individual with “illegal narcotics in plain view inside the residence, along with scales and packaging material, and a rifle,” according to the news release.
“Over a pound of methamphetamine, over two pounds of marijuana, and nearly 40 hydrocodone pills were found at the residence,” the news release said.
Washington and the other individual were arrested. He told investigators that the drugs belonged to him and that he was using them to treat “what he purported to be testicular cancer,” according to the news release.
He’ll serve 15 years in prison, followed by 15 years of probation.
“The amount of methamphetamine recovered, combined with the presence of additional controlled substances and a firearm possessed by a convicted felon, presented a serious threat to public safety,” Edwards said in the news release. “Drug trafficking operations do not exist in isolation. They bring with them addiction, property crime, violence, and instability that impact entire neighborhoods and families.”
