Trio Sentenced in Meth Lab, Pipe Bomb Case

Three people were sentenced Monday, August 10 in DeKalb County Criminal Court after entering a plea in a meth case in which live pipe bombs were also found.
46 year old James Lee Adcock, 43 year old Don Diamond Groshon, and 37 year old April Lee Hollingsworth appeared before Judge David Patterson.
Adcock received a five year sentence in each case of attempted initiation of meth, attempted possession of a prohibited weapon, and aggravated burglary all to run concurrently with each other but consecutive to previous charges against him. His name will appear on the state meth registry
Groshon pled guilty to promotion of methamphetamine and a separate case of assault. He received a three year sentence in the meth case and 11 months and 29 days for the assault with the sentences to run concurrently with each other but consecutive to a violation of probation against him. His name will appear in the state’s meth registry.
Hollingsworth pled guilty to promotion of meth and received a two year sentence to serve. The term is to run consecutive to other sentences against her. Her name will appear on the state’s meth registry.
The trio were arrested on December 8, 2014 after Sheriff’s department deputies found a meth lab and two live pipe bombs after arriving at Adcock’s home on Jefferson Road to serve a violation of probation warrant. Upon arrival, Sheriff Patrick Ray said officers saw two men running from a barn on the premises. During a search, deputies found Adcock and Groshon hiding in the woods. Hollingsworth remained in the barn. After receiving consent from the property owner to search the barn, officers found a live pipe bomb made of PVC pipe containing explosives, a one liter one pot, a Toastmaster burner, 18 ounces of crystal Drano, 16 ounces of Kingford charcoal lighter fluid, digital scales, a turkey baster, an empty ice compress box, an ice compress pack that had been cut open, 10 hypodermic needles, a funnel, a 16.4 ounce propane bottle, an empty lithium battery pack, four stripped lithium batteries, and three cut straws. A search of Adcock’s home turned up another live pipe bomb made of galvanized steel and containing explosives. Due to the discovery of the pipe bombs, Sheriff Ray said members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit were called to the scene.