Jul. 5—Two men in Lawrence County were charged with possession of controlled substances after deputies located heroin and methamphetamine in their vehicle during a traffic stop on Wednesday, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office.
Town Creek resident Scottie Heron Butler Jr., 48, and Hartselle resident Terry Stanley Davis, 55, were transported to the Lawrence County Jail where they remain incarcerated Thursday, according to jail records.
Butler was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession or receipt of controlled substances and is being held in lieu of a $4,500 bond. Davis is charged with felony obstruction of governmental operations, two counts of possession or receipt of controlled substances, and a probation violation. He is being held on a $13,000 bond for the three charges and no bond has been set for the probation violation.
The Sheriff’s Office said their Narcotics Unit received multiple reports about Butler and Davis and their drug activity throughout the county.
Butler was previously arrested for drug possession in 2021 after he was found asleep in his vehicle at the Moulton Walmart and an officer located methamphetamine and a glass pipe on him. He pleaded guilty in July 2022 to felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor DUI in Lawrence County Circuit Court, where he was initially sentenced to 23 months and 12 months respectively, with both sentences suspended. He was placed on three years of probation, according to court records.
His probation was revoked in April 2023 after he was charged with the same crime again in November 2022, and Butler was ordered to serve both sentences concurrently with credit for 208 days already served.
Davis pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2017, in Morgan County Circuit Court to a felony charge of selling drug paraphernalia, stemming from a Jan. 5, 2013, arrest. Two related drug manufacturing charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with probation initially granted; however, his probation was revoked in 2018, and he was ordered to serve the full sentence.
In February, Davis again pleaded guilty — this time in Lawrence County Circuit Court — to second-degree assault, resisting arrest, and attempting to elude law enforcement in connection with an Oct. 24, 2022, arrest in Moulton. He was sentenced to 24 months of probation in lieu of incarceration and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, along with court costs and attorney fees.
Prosecutors dismissed five other charges against Davis as part of a plea agreement, including third-degree burglary, harassment, disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental operations, and third-degree criminal mischief.
— wesley.tomlinson@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2442.