A 33-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced in Marion County Court for possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Timothy Gibson of North Poplar Street was placed on 30 months probation, ordered to forfeit his $2,500 bond as fine and costs, and told to serve 30 days in the Marion County Jail with credit for time already served. Gibson had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge in exchange for two other counts, participation in meth manufacturing and obstructing justice for destroying or concealing physical evidence from police. Gibson and a co-defendant had been charged with throwing a container with evidence of meth manufacturing out a car window, spilling most of the content. All three charges stem from an incident last February that initially began in a pursuit by Centralia Police. full story
