A Lake City man charged with drug trafficking in District Court for Carroll County was sentenced Monday after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. Fifty-nine-year-old James Roger Evans was originally charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, a class B felony and possession of marijuana, a serious misdemeanor, after he was arrested by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office during a traffic stop last April. Authorities located 36 grams of methamphetamine, nearly six grams of marijuana, empty baggies and a digital scale which searching the saddle bags on his motorcycle. Evans pled guilty to a reduced charge last November, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, five grams or less, a class C felony. In exchange for the guilty plea, a 10-year prison sentence was suspended, and Evans was placed on probation for three years to the Iowa Department of Corrections. He was also ordered to pay more than $1,125 in fines, surcharges and court costs. As part of his plea deal, the misdemeanor possession charge was dismissed.
