Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Clay Fuller released a statement last week about the conviction of Nicholas Ashley in Chattooga County Superior Court on drug trafficking charges.

Ashley was accused of being a drug courier acting on behalf of an individual serving life in the Department of Corrections. Lead Investigator Gary Campbell of the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office was able to set up surveillance on a drug delivery into Chattooga County. Along with members of the LMJC Drug Task Force and the Chattooga County Sherriff’s Department, Agent Gary Campbell stopped the introduction of 161 grams of methamphetamine into Chattooga County.

Ashley had five prior felony convictions for Burglary, Theft, and Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, which the Court considered in sentencing Ashley to serve twenty (20) years in the Department of Corrections without parole. The State of Georgia was represented by Assistant District Attorney Winston Franklin who was assisted by administrative assistant Elena Floyd and witness coordinator Cara Parris. “Fighting the methamphetamine and opioid epidemic is a top priority from my office” stated District Attorney Clayton M. Fuller. “Taking this poison off the streets and holding drug dealers accountable is made easy by Sheriff Mark Schrader’s dedicated staff.”