A thirty-three-year-old Trion man was sentenced to ten years in prison in Chattooga County Superior Court. Joshua Lamar Blackmon, who has a history of arrests in both Chattooga and Floyd Counties dating back over a decade, pleaded guilty to the charges of trafficking cocaine and possession of methamphetamine. Blackmon was arrested on Highway 27 at Taylor’s Ridge in June of last year and deputies found drugs inside the vehicle he was driving. In addition to the ten-year prison sentence, Blackmon has been ordered to pay $18,853.50 in fines.








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