THE GARNETT MAN WHO INVESTIGATORS CHARGED WITH USING FREE METHAMPHETAMINE AS A SEXUAL PARTY FAVOR FOR HIS HOME VISITORS WALKED AWAY WITH NO JAIL TIME AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO TWO OF 13 FELONY CHARGES IN ANDERSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. TOMMY EMERSON WAS SENTENCED TO A TOTAL OF 26 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A FELONY CHARGE OF DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND ANOTHER OF POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA IN A PLEA DEAL STRUCK WITH PROSECUTORS, BUT ANDERSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ERIC GODDERZ TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION EMERSON’S LACK OF CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THE SENTENCE AND SWAPPED THE JAIL TIME WITH 18 MONTHS SUPERVISED PROBATION. ALONG WITH STANDARD REQUIREMENTS OF FELONY PROBATION, EMERSON’S PROBATIONARY TERMS REQUIRE HE REGISTER AS A FELONY DRUG OFFENDER FOR 15 YEARS.
