Justin Blaine Sicard, 28, of Winnsboro was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court. Sicard accepted a plea agreement presented by Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison. Sicard faced one count of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams in a Drug Free Zone and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams.
His first arrest took place in April of this year when the Special Crimes Unit initiated a traffic stop in the 300 block of Oak Avenue and the driver of the 2004 Saab was visibly nervous. A pat down of Sicard located a zipper pouch containing 9.8-grams of suspected methamphetamine. He was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams and for a warrant for driving the wrong way on a one-way roadway at that time. Sicard confessed to the possession and to selling meth. His second charged of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams was added the next day while he was in custody for the first charge.