The fourth and final defendant in a methamphetamine bust two years ago was sentenced in Warren County Circuit Court this week.

Angela Wright, 29, 112 Bering St., pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and possession of precursor chemicals in the raid at the Magnolia Commons Apartments off Nailor Road.

She was sentenced by Judge Isadore Patrick to the 9th Circuit Court Drug Court Program for a period not to exceed five years, plus fines and court costs totaling $1,322.50.

If Wright fails the drug court program, she could be required to serve a 15-year prison sentence which Patrick held in abeyance.

Wright was arrested Dec. 7, 2007, along with James Dudley Maynord, Christopher Jones and Johnny Anderson. Deputies and agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics reported finding a portable drug lab in the back of Maynord’s truck with an active methamphetamine cook in process.

Maynord, 35, whose attorney requested that his case be heard separately from the other defendants’, was convicted by a jury Sept. 9 following a two-day trial. After a pre-sentencing report was filed by court officers and Maynord’s family members had a chance to write letters to the judge on his behalf, Patrick sentenced him to serve 10 years in prison plus pay a $10,000 fine.

Anderson, 34, pleaded guilty in a different case to shooting into an occupied dwelling. He is serving an eight-year prison term, to which he was sentenced by Patrick in June. The meth-related charges were not prosecuted.

Jones, 35, admitted possession of crystal meth and was given a net one year and one day sentence followed by five years of probation. He was also assessed $5,622.50 in fines and court costs and ordered to complete drug and alcohol counseling. The second charge of possession of precursor chemicals was not prosecuted.

Six say, found guilty handed sentences

Also in Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday:

• Donald L. Goodwin, 72, 990 Hankinson Road, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and possession of precursor chemicals and was sentenced by Circuit Judge M. James Chaney to seven years in prison followed by three years of probation, plus fines and costs totaling $2,622.40. Goodwin was arrested Aug. 16, 2008.

• Spencer Griffin, 20, 1929 Baldwin Ferry Road, was found guilty of violating probation and was sentenced by Patrick to five years of probation plus $2,477.50 in fines and costs. Griffin must also complete a day program at the Warren Yazoo Mental Health facility. He was arrested July 18, 2008, for auto burglary.

• Larry Glen Johnson, 18, 108 Warren St., Belzoni, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a felony (armed robbery) and was sentenced by Chaney to five years of probation, plus $322.50 in court costs. Johnson was arrested Nov. 18, 2008.

• Donald Milton Savage, 26, 1235 China Grove Road, pleaded guilty to sale of a controlled substance and was sentenced by Chaney to five years in prison followed by five years of probation, plus fines and costs totaling $3,622.50. Savage was arrested Aug. 17, 2007.

• Anthony Howard Shelnutt, 27, 7314 County Road 83, Lafayette, La., pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and was sentenced by Chaney to five years of unsupervised probation plus fines and costs totaling $872.50. Shelnutt was arrested Feb. 11.

• Cassandra Marie Taylor, 32, 353 Grange Hall Road, Lot 22, pleaded guilty to possession of precursor chemicals and was sentenced by Patrick to the drug court program for a period not to exceed five years, plus $3,122.50 in fines and costs. Taylor was arrested Sept. 21.