A Tennessee man was convicted of trafficking fentanyl in Georgia following a one-day trial last week.
Ladarius Nollie, 35, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was found guilty after Catoosa County detectives discovered nearly 10 grams of powdered fentanyl hidden under a mattress in a motel room he had rented, according to the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
On Jan. 8, Catoosa County Detectives Zach Roden and Chris Lyons acted on an anonymous tip that led them to the Econo Lodge motel in Fort Oglethorpe, where Nollie was staying. Authorities said they found him in a room with two women, a mother and her adult daughter.
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As deputies were about to arrest Nollie on outstanding warrants, they spotted methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in plain view…