ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that 28-year-old Corey Jackie Smith of Cairo, Georgia was sentenced for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine before Senior U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands in Albany, Georgia on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Mr. Smith was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
At his change of plea hearing, Mr. Smith admitted that officers attempted to arrest him on Sept. 16, 2016, based on outstanding arrest warrants. When officers approached Mr. Smith, he walked into a Cairo business and was observed by officers throwing a golf-ball sized package into the corner of a storage room inside the business. Officers retrieved the bag and determined it was methamphetamine. Officers obtained surveillance video that depicted Mr. Smith walking into the storage room and discarding the bag of methamphetamine, which weighed approximately 29 grams after lab testing.
“Even our smaller towns are not immune to the sharp rise of the methamphetamine trade seen across the country," said U.S. Attorney Charles E. Peeler. “I applaud the good work of the Cairo Police Department, and our other local law enforcement agencies, who remain relentless in the fight against illegal drugs in our communities."
The case was investigated by the Cairo Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Leah McEwen.
Questions concerning this release should be directed to Pamela Lightsey, Public Information Officer, United States Attorney’s Office, at (478) 621-2603.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
