FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 1, 2007

GRAND RIDGE MAN GETS 15 YEARS PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the plea and sentencing, in Jackson County Circuit Court, of Tony Peacock, on charges of Trafficking in Cannabis, Trafficking in Cocaine, and Possession of a Listed Chemical.

Peacock, WM, DOB: 8-16-58, of 3189 Salem Church Rd., Grand Ridge, was sentenced, by Circuit Judge William L. Wright, to 15 years in prison for the offenses. The cannabis charge carries a three-year minimum mandatory. The cocaine sentence included a seven-year minimum mandatory sentence; consecutive to the cannabis term.

Also included in the sentence were fines totaling $125,000.00.

Florida law requires that an inmate serve at least 85 per cent of his sentence.