A Fannin County man convicted of trafficking over a kilogram of methamphetamine in Cherokee County will spend three decades in prison. On Feb. 24, a Cherokee County jury found Ricky Wright, 39, of Fannin County guilty of trafficking methamphetamine, and on Feb. 25 he was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Shannon Wallace to 30 years in prison, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced. Wright was sentenced as a recidivist offender and ordered to pay a $1 million fine required under state law for trafficking more than 400 grams of methamphetamine. Charges stem from an investigation by the Woodstock Police Department and the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad. According to the district attorney’s office, at about 1:15 a.m. March 4, 2025, a Woodstock police officer stopped an Acura sedan traveling north on Interstate 575, after determining the vehicle was associated with a person who had an active warrant. During the traffic stop, a passenger attempted to hide, then discard a drawstring bag, which police recovered and determined contained over 175 grams of methamphetamine inside plastic grocery bags. A K-9, Tesa, conducted an open-air sniff and alerted police to the p
