Suspected drug dealer pleads to possessing meth, firearm

HILLSDALE — A Jonesville man arrested Feb. 4 by the Michigan State Police on a warrant charging him with dealing in methamphetamines and multiple weapons offenses entered into a plea bargain Monday, Oct. 14, in the 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 possible penalties under law.

Truitt also pleaded guilty to felony firearm, a two-year high court misdemeanor that requires consecutive sentencing to an underlying charge. The two-year sentence must be served first before any sentence imposed for possession of methamphetamine.

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MSP had been looking for Truitt since investigators with the Region of Irish Hills Narcotics Office discovered him to be in possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute on Nov. 20, 2023. Truitt also possessed five firearms at the time.

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Two counts of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine (each 20 year felony charges) and four counts of felony firearm will be dismissed at the time of sentencing tentatively scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 25.

Truitt’s bond was revoked following his plea Monday and he was ordered held without bond until the time of his sentencing in November.

— Contact Reporter Corey Murray at cmurray@hillsdale.net or follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @cmurrayHDN.

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