Sentenced: Meth Dealer Gets Prison, Banishment from Douglas County

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A convicted meth dealer was sentenced to 20 years for charges from a November 2013 bust at a Lithia Springs hotel.

The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office said Joseph Propps will serve the first 10 years in prison, followed by banishment from the county.

Propps pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking, possession of drug-related objects and giving false information to police, the DA’s Office said on Facebook.

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According to Georgia Department of Corrections data, Propps is a multiple offender, having served time six times previously on charges from theft to drug possession and intent to distribute.

The district attorney’s office said Propps was arrested by Douglasville Police in November 2013 at the Hampton Inn in Lithia Springs. Police were investigating drug sales in the parking lot and Propps was a suspect.

Propps told police he was there only to rent a room and claimed to have lost his wallet with his identification, neither of which were true. Propps also gave officers a false name, the district attorney’s office said.

Police found more than 200 grams (.44 pounds) in Propps’ vehicle.

The case was prosecuted by Douglas Assistant District Attorney Steve Knittel.

District Attorney Brian Fortner said that while the DA’s Office continues to try and help drug users beat addiction, “We will not waver and we will continue to aggressively prosecute people like this Defendant who prey on addicts and pollute our community and our streets with poison like Methamphetamine.”

(Photo: Joseph Propps. Douglas County DA’s Office)