THURSDAY January 10, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Judge halves bond amount for accused DISPLAY OF PRIDE local meth trafficker BY JAMES SWIFT
[email protected] The amount of methampheta- mine defendant Hollie Elizabeth Spotts is accused of trafficking through the county last year isn’t just substantial. It’s among the largest recoveries by the Georgia State Patrol that Cherokee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Erle J. Newton ever heard of. “They found seven small boxes behind the driver’s seat of that car,” Newton said Tuesday in Bar- tow Superior Court. “Each of the boxes contained about 1,000 grams of methamphetamine.” The total amount of suspected methamphetamine found in Spotts’ vehicle by GSP officers on Nov. 16, Newton said, was about seven kilograms — more than 15 pounds of the drug. He also said that officers recovered “two sus- pected MDMA, or ecstasy, pills” from the automobile stopped in Bartow County, along with $893 in cash. In addition to the trafficking charge, Spotts is also facing one SEE TRAFFICKING, PAGE 5A RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS A billboard on Joe Frank Harris Parkway in Cartersville offers congratulations to the area’s new hometown hero. Cartersville High grad Trevor Lawrence quarterbacked Clemson to the college football national championship Monday night in a 44-16 win over Alabama. Lawrence was named the most valuable offensive player in the game after throwing for nearly 350 yards while completing 20 of 32 pass attempts with three touchdowns and no interceptions. BBW Luncheon provides tools for ‘balanced not Spotts busy’ life on Jan.