Local woman gets 25 years and a million-dollar fine

In February of this year, Alicia Marie Willett, now age 32, was arrested after law enforcement officers were issued warrants to search her residence. The searches were prompted following an extensive narcotics investigation that included surveillance and wiretapping. In addition to Willett’s home, a storage facility was also examined. During the explorations, authorities found narcotics and firearms.

The investigation uncovered evidence that Willett had been distributing “extremely large amounts” of methamphetamine to the Houston County area from the Atlanta area. According to authorities, Willett had created a “sophisticated operation of distribution” wherein she had a number of individuals assisting her in trafficking drugs throughout the area.

In court this week, Willett entered a guilty plea to two cases of trafficking methamphetamine and a guilty plea to possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. In addition, she entered a guilty plea to trafficking methamphetamine for a separate investigation, from May of 2018, which had been led by Investigator Keenan Henderson of the Warner Robins Police Department.

For her crimes, Willett will serve 25 years in the Georgia Department of Corrections. The sentence, passed down by Chief Superior Court Judge Edward D. Lukemire, included an order for the convicted woman to pay a fine of one million dollars.

The prosecutors in Willett’s case were Houston County Assistant District Attorney Maria Duane and Sandra Matson.

“The citizens of Houston County need to know that organizations such as this operated by Ms. Willett will not be allowed to continue,” Duane said in a statement after the fact. “We would like to thank the hard work of the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, specifically, Sgt. Matt Moulton, and [also] the Warner Robins Police Department, particularly, Investigator Keenan Henderson, for leading the investigations and the countless hours spent working on the cases.”

Houston County Acting District Attorney William Kendall commented in a statement that assured citizens that the District Attorney’s Office remains devoted to prosecuting crimes and drug dealers. “In many cases,” he went on to say, “drug addiction is an underlying contributing factor to much of the crimes perpetrated. Those who supply drugs to the people of Houston County will be held accountable,” Kendall promised. “Today marks yet another successful strike to the drug dealers in our beloved community.”

He, too, thanked the persons and entities like the Houston County Sheriff’s Office and Warner Robins Police Department for their involvement in bringing justice. “This community is blessed to have such selfless and steadfast law enforcement officers like Sgt. Moulton and Investigator Henderson,” Kendall went on to express. “We will continue to support our law enforcement brothers and sisters in keeping our community safe and promoting a thriving community.”

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