Lauderdale woman guilty of meth sales
Authorities said a
Lauderdale
County woman faces up to 36 years in prison after being found
guilty of selling methamphetamine.
Wayne County Sheriff Ric Wilson said it took a Wayne County Circuit
Court jury 29 minutes to convict Joanna Brewer, 50, 2534 Lauderdale 8,
Florence,
on three counts of selling methamphetamine.
The charge is a Class B felony and each count carries a penalty of
eight to 12 years in prison.
“We had been trying to work cases on her for
years,” Wilson said. “We had been getting
information of her but couldn’t get enough for a case.
Finally, things fell together, and we were able to start tracking her
over the course of the last couple of years.”
The chief said that during that time, Brewer was “moving a
lot of methamphetamine. And with the jury’s quick work, they
were sending a loud and clear message that the people of Wayne County
are sick of these drug dealers.”
Authorities said Brewer also has pending drug-related cases in
Lauderdale
County, Ala.
She is scheduled to be sentenced in Wayne County in September. She is
being held in the Wayne County Jail on bail totaling $60,000.