Hollingsworth Gets Four Year Sentence in Meth Case

A Smithville man allegedly caught operating a meth lab last April was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Friday, February 12.
Judge Gary McKenzie presided.
34 year old Nicholas Alton Hollingsworth entered a plea to attempted initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine. He received a four year sentence to serve and was given jail credit from April 20, 2015 to February 12, 2016.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Monday, April 20, 2015 a sheriff’s department detective and a deputy went to property on Possum Hollow Road where officers believed methamphetamine was being manufactured. Upon arrival, they found components used to manufacture meth stashed under a log in the woods. While there, the officers saw Hollingsworth coming through the woods. Both officers watched as he went straight to the components and began the manufacturing process. The officers approached Hollingsworth and found him holding a one pot bottle. Hollingsworth was then placed under arrest. Found in the area with Hollingsworth were acid, lighter fluid, drain opener, funnels, tubing with two bottle caps on the end, coffee filters, lithium strips, lithium batteries, empty cold packs, three bags, etc.