MAXIMUM SENTENCE IN GARRETT COUNTY DRUG CASE

Fifty-four-year-old Oakland resident William Zimmerman has been sentenced to the maximum sentence, following his conviction on a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Zimmerman will serve five years in prison, with additional time—4 years, 7 months, and 19 days—for violation of probation. Charges were filed in May of this year, when, during a traffic stop, Zimmerman was found with approximately 111 grams of methamphetamine.