Norcross man sentenced on meth charge

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Norcross man sentenced on meth charge

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Saturday, November 21. 2009

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A Norcross man was sentenced to 10 years probation in Madison County Superior Court on a methamphetamine charge.

Macario G. Villegas, 39, was also fined $2,025 for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute (reduced from trafficking in methamphetamine).

Other actions filed recently in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Madison County include:

•Jeffery Scott Goss, 44, Danielsville, was sentenced to five years probation and fined $320 for theft by receiving stolen property. A charge of theft by deception was dismissed.

•Daniel Wayne Thornton, 35, Hull, was sentenced to five years probation and fined $1,150 for possession of hydrocodone. A charge of drugs in original container was dismissed.

•Ronald Cox, 54, Hull, was sentenced to three years probation and fined $697 for violation of Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act (VGCSA) — possession of cocaine.

•Marcus L. Hathcock, 46, Colbert, was sentenced to four years probation for possession of a schedule II controlled substance and one year probation for marijuana — less than an ounce. He was also fined $675.

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#1 alyson on 11/23/09 at 09:12 AM [Reply]

Possession of meth, possession of hydrocodone, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana and nothing more than probation and a fine? So much for getting these guys off the street so they can't pass along their possessions to our children. Thanks, Madison County. Keep up the good work...

#1.1 Colbert Cursader on 11/23/09 at 12:49 PM [Reply]

It's a program to make money by fining them over and over. County make money and takes the drugs. Sooner or later they will get idea to quit. Right MC court? That is what your are doing?

#1.2 Sardonic Veracity on 11/23/09 at 01:26 PM [Reply]

Don't worry... chances are he will violate probation and serve the 10 in jail. 10 years is a long time for a dope fiend to stay straight

#1.2.1 Resident Redneck on 11/23/09 at 09:27 PM [Reply]

No Sardonic Veracity if they violate probation that Madison County gives out they won't go to prison no Madison County court will just fine them again and again until they die or decide to quit and go straight. Take Randall Parham for example how many times has he been caught in the last year? Madison County just fines them and puts them on probation then when they violate it the County just fines them again and adds more time on to the probation they already have.

#2 Disappointed on 11/23/09 at 08:01 PM [Reply]

It seems that it's always a slap on the wrist. The routine is plea to a lesser charge for the easy win for the Assistant DA. WORK to prosecute to the max! More effort to make people accountable for poor choices & to let criminals know they're not wanted in Madison County.

#2.1 Fa Kyukipp on 11/26/09 at 02:46 AM [Reply]

The ADA in Madison County does a wonderful job compared to what our neighbors to the south and west have to deal with. At least these guys are getting probation instead of the charges just being thrown out. The real problem lies with the state and the court system in this circuit. We are only able to try at the most, TWELVE cases a year in Madison County. And it usually ends up being more like six. The addition of a state court to handle misdemeanors would greatly improve things here. Plus, the prison system is so overcrowded that those convicted have to wait in our jail for a bed to open up. This just overcrowds our own jail and takes up space we need to house the recently arrested.

#2.1.1 Resident Redneck on 11/26/09 at 05:58 PM [Reply]

Well-Fa Kyukipp I thought we had a state court, a probate court,and a Superior court and you smart a@# if they are only allowed to try 12 cases per year but THEY end up only trying 6 that's 6 people that do not have a trial? And you say the prison system is so overcrowded that those convicted have to stay in our jails until a bed opens up and YOU say we need those beds in our jail for those recently arrested? Why arrest someone? Heres an ideal why don't we allowed the Sheriffs Dept. to just hand out probation with the tickets they write? You get caught for speeding let them give you a speeding ticket and 12 months probation.
I have heard all my life if your going to break the law come to Madison County and do it because all you will get is probation. The Sheriffs Dept. is doing their job by arresting these people but our courts are not doing their jobs because they let them go time after time. Why do we even have these Judges get rid of them and let the Sheriffs Dept. do it that would help the Goverment cut backs.Do away with these Judges and think about all the money Madison County could save?

#2.1.2 Former MC Resident on 11/29/09 at 07:35 AM [Reply]

Where do you see that the ADA is doing a great job? As far as I can see, he isn't doing anything. The MC deputies go out and arrest these drug dealers and put them in jail. Then the ADA sits behind his desk and instead of prosecuting these degenerates, he offers probation to each and everyone of them.
My family has been affected by drug dealers and after SEVERAL calls to the ADA to no avail, they too will probably only get probation. The way I see it is he is looking for an easy win in court without doing any actual work. If he REALLY cared about the citizens of Madison County and the families that are affected EVERYDAY by theses drugs and the people that supply them, he wouldn't be so eager to release them out on the streets again. Maybe when one of these dealers offers it to one of his family members, he'll have a different outlook on the harm they actually do. IMHO, he needs to be replaced with someone who has a ZERO tolerance with this riff raft.

#2.1.2.1 Resident Redneck on 11/30/09 at 06:36 PM [Reply]

AMEN Former MC Resident the ADA sits there in his nice office and says he is doing his job to protect the citizens of Madison county but from where I sit and the way I see it he is protecting the riff raft.And I don't fault the deputies they are doing their jobs, he is the one that ain't doing his job. It's a shame when you can get caught dealing drugs and only get probation but if you steal something you go to prison. In Madison County the drug dealers have more rights than a shoplifter. Our Goverment is in piss poor shape. A man can supply drugs to kill your kids and he gets probation but another man that tries to abide by the law had better not go steal food to feed his hungry kids or he goes to prison.
Personally I think they should go up there to that nice goverment complex in Danielsville and clean house. Fire the ones who are just there for a paycheck and hire someone who really wants a job and that can make a difference. And with all the people that have been put out of work lately some of them could do a better job than some of the ones in office.

#2.1.2.1.1 DeerMax on 12/01/09 at 12:43 PM [Reply]

My daughter was a victim in a case and the DA's office tried and convicted the defendant. He got 10 years in prison. Any idiot knows you can't try all the criminals.

#2.1.2.1.1.1 Resident Redneck on 12/03/09 at 09:28 PM [Reply]

Deer Max-You say they can't try everyone? Then why have a sheriffs Department? What's the use in catching someone and then turning them loose. I know they catch everyone who breaks the law but the ones they catch why not try I mean what else they got to do? I know they think with all the budget cuts they don't get paid enough to do the work involved in convicting someone.

#2.1.2.1.1.2 Former MC Resident on 12/07/09 at 09:21 AM [Reply]

UUUMMM, I think they most definitely can try everyone...IF THEY CHOOSE TO!!! This district attny has a habit of getting the easy win so he offers probation to the so called "lessor crime" such as posessiion of narcotics. If you have ever had drugs affect your family, then you would know it is anything but a lessor crime. It destroys entire families. It leads to more violent crimes and any idiot can see that.
The sheriffs department has arrested people in posession of drugs and the (which is evidence) and the district attny "chooses" to go the easy way out by plea bargaining down to probation. That is unexceptable in my book, especially when these offenders are repeats.

#2.1.3 Red Raider on 12/13/09 at 05:51 AM [Reply]

The current judicial system in the Northern Judicial Circuit is not only backlogged,mismanaged but is also the target of a pending lawsuit due to gross violations of a constitutional nature in reguards to the representation of indigent clients. The ADA isn't doing the job. The public defender isnt doing the job.It's in such terrible shape that serious violent offenders will walk.Somebody needs to look at the judicial system.Maybe somebody more than the current pending lawsuit against lawyers in our district. Our current system is not only in bad shape, it does not comply with any Federal or State law. It can be fixed, but everybody is suffering right now. Everybody except the criminals.This is a crisis.

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