Scruggs Gets Two Years Probation in Meth Case

A 37 year old man indicted in a meth case in 2013 was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Jeremy Scruggs entered a “Best Interest” plea to promotion of methamphetamine and received a two year sentence suspended to probation. He was fined $2,000 and his name will be on the methamphetamine registry. He was given jail credit of 113 days. The first year of his probation will be supervised. Scruggs will be on unsupervised probation the last year of his sentence.
Meanwhile 23 year old Latasha Cantrell pled guilty to theft under $500 and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days to serve 75% of the term before release eligibility. The sentence is to run concurrently with a violation of probation against her. She was given jail credit of 139 days.