NEWTON COUNTY — A Covington man is about to spend the following quarter century behind bars for his function in trafficking medicine.
Walter Brian Johnson, 52, pled responsible in Newton County Superior Courtroom on Monday to an array of drug-related costs together with trafficking of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. The costs stem from two completely different incidents that occurred two years in the past.
On June 22, 2024, officers with the Newton County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to a Mote Street residence in reference to an individual affected by a bullet wound. The residence was occupied by Johnson’s mom, wherein he advised her that he had been shot. Johnson later advised deputies that he was “exercising down the road” when he was approached by two individuals wearing all black.
However the District Legal professional’s Workplace famous that the proof didn’t match the crime.
“Nonetheless, there have been no indicators of blood and no shell casing discovered across the space Johnson mentioned he was shot,” a information launch from the DA’s workplace acknowledged.
Officers continued their investigation at Johnson’s residence on Freeway 162. There, they reportedly discovered blood, shell casings, a firearm and over a kilogram of methamphetamine and different narcotics.
Three months afterward Sept. 27, 2024, Johnson was pulled over at a gasoline station in Newton County. Officers found roughly 90 ounces of meth and “different narcotics.” Extra drug paraphernalia was later discovered at his residence.
“Newton County deputies obtained a search warrant for his residence on Freeway 162,” the DA’s workplace wrote. “Throughout this search, regulation enforcement positioned greater than an oz of methamphetamine, a considerable amount of cocaine, and greater than an oz of marijuana.”
– picture by Courtesy of the Newton County Sheriff’s Workplace
In whole, Johnson was charged with three counts of monitoring methamphetamine, one depend of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, one depend of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, one depend of possession of marijuana of greater than an oz and one depend of possession of a scheduled II managed substance.
Johnson was sentenced to 30 whole years, with 25 to be served in jail. He was additionally fined over $1.5 million in fines and surcharges, amongst different situations.
A search on the Georgia Division of Corrections web site reveals that Johnson had already been within the jail system on costs together with the sale of methamphetamine and theft by receiving stolen property.
“This case demonstrates the hazards of promoting narcotics,” wrote Newton County District Legal professional Randy McGinley. “Johnson, who has a earlier conviction for a number of counts of sale of methamphetamine, was distributing harmful medicine in our group. That not solely led to a prolonged jail sentence, nevertheless it additionally put him at risk of shedding his life. Fortunately nobody else was harmed by the gun violence that Johnson’s drug peddling dropped at our group.”
