Shoals Man Sentenced to Prison on Drug Charges

(BEDFORD) – A Shoals man was sentenced to six years to the Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession of meth in a negotiated plea deal.

Lawrence County Superior Court I Judge John Plummer III sentenced David Terry to six years in prison, four of those years will be served in prison. Upon his release, he will serve the remaining 2 years on house arrest.

Terry was given 310 days jail time credit and was fined $385.

He was arrested by Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies in July 2017 on charges of dealing meth, possession of meth, visiting a common nuisance, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. All of those charges were dropped except possession of meth in the plea deal.