Alleged drug dealer pleads to meth and gun possession

HILLSDALE — A Jonesville man arrested Feb. 4 by Michigan State Police on a warrant charging him with methamphetamine trafficking and multiple weapons offenses entered into a plea bargain Monday Oct. 14 in 1st Judicial Circuit Court.

Ronald Edward Truitt Jr., 51, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine as a second offense under Michigan’s Controlled Substances Act, which doubles the minimum and maximum penalties possible under the law.

Truitt also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor firearms, a two-year High Court offense that requires a conviction consecutive to an underlying charge. The two-year sentence must be served before any sentence imposed for possession of methamphetamine.

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MSP had been searching for Truitt since investigators with the Irish Hills Area Narcotics Bureau discovered he was in possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it on November 20, 2023. Truitt also possessed five firearms at the ‘era.

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Two counts of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine (each for 20 years) and four firearm counts will be dismissed at sentencing tentatively scheduled for 8:30 a.m. November 25.

Truitt’s bond was revoked following his plea Monday and he was ordered to be held without bail until his sentencing in November.

— Contact reporter Corey Murray at [email protected] or follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @cmurrayHDN.

This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Alleged drug dealer pleads to possession of meth and gun.