Two men plead guilty to trafficking meth
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced that in separate cases, two Macon County men pleaded guilty this month to trafficking methamphetamine.
Thomas “Tom” Howard Giesy, 67, of Franklin, pleaded guilty in Macon County Superior Court to four counts of trafficking in methamphetamine and sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance.
The Macon County Sheriff’s Office and Franklin Police Department arranged a “controlled buy” of two ounces of methamphetamine for $850. The law enforcement officers arrested Giesy after he sold the illegal drugs to an individual on June 15, 2023, according to Detective Matthew Breedlove’s report.
Superior Court Judge Tessa Sellers ordered Giesy to serve an active sentence of 70 to 93 months in state prison and, afterwards, serve 17 to 30 months of probation.
John Delmar Tallent, 44, of a South Skeenah Road address, pleaded guilty in Macon County Superior Court to trafficking in methamphetamine.
He was arrested on Nov. 8, 2022, following surveillance of his South Skeenah Road home, according to Detective Breedlove.
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Sellers ordered Tallent serve an active sentence of 70 to 90 months in state prison.
Assistant District Attorney John Hindsman, Jr. prosecuted both cases.
