Timothy Bernard Reese, Methamphetamine Possession, Georgia 2020

Related Federal Cases

Tanita Ellis, Methamphetamine Possession, Georgia 2024 · Georgia
John Doe, Possession of Methamphetamine, Georgia 2024 · West Virginia
Darnell Lamar Anderson, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to D… · West Virginia
Clint Jackson Beck, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distr… · Georgia
Michael Bernard Code, Fentanyl and Cocaine Possession with Intent, … · Georgia

Table of Contents

Family Pet’s Discovery Leads to Guilty Plea in Methamphetamine Case

A Thomas County, Georgia, dog’s curious nature sparked a chain of events that resulted in a Meigs, Georgia, resident pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. Timothy Bernard Reese, 44, of Meigs, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine before U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson on Thursday, April 22. Reese faces a maximum twenty years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $1,000,000.

Reese’s guilty plea stems from an incident on December 13, 2019, when a resident of Ochlocknee, Georgia, called authorities regarding a suspicious brown satchel found by his dog. The dog’s owner reported that his dog had come home that day carrying the bag. When the owner opened the bag to check for identification, he found what appeared to be large quantities of illegal narcotics and immediately called the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office. The contents tested positive for 154.78 grams of methamphetamine, as well as lottery tickets.

Thomas County-Thomasville Narcotics/Vice agents were able to pinpoint the exact location and time that the lottery tickets had been purchased. Surveillance video from Susie Q’s Foods in Meigs revealed Reese purchasing the lottery tickets on December 13, 2019. An arrest warrant was obtained for Reese on December 16, 2019, and he was taken into custody on December 19, 2019. During his arrest, Reese admitted that the brown bag belonged to him and that he planned to distribute the methamphetamine.

Reese has prior felony convictions for burglary and possession of firearm by a convicted felon, both in the Superior Court of Tift County. The case was investigated by the Thomas County-Thomasville Narcotics & Vice Unit, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sonja Profit is prosecuting the case.

Acting U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary commended the concerned Thomas County citizen and his devoted dog for helping to bring Reese to justice. ‘It’s not every day that a family pet helps nab a drug trafficker,’ Leary said. ‘We welcome help from anybody, including family pets, in the fight against drugs.’

Reese’s sentencing date has not been scheduled, and he faces a maximum twenty years of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, and a maximum fine of $1,000,000. There is no parole in the federal system.