Amanda Dawn Everly, 51, who lives in the Jefferson County portion of Fenton, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug charges and violating the terms of her probation, court records show.
Jefferson County Div. 4 Circuit Judge Brenda Stacey on Nov. 26 sentenced Everly for charges from arrests in 2022 and 2023, and she revoked Everly’s probation that she received 2021 after pleading guilty to a drug charge, according to court documents.
Everly pleaded guilty on Aug. 29 to a second-degree drug trafficking charge, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a revoked license, driving without insurance, failure to maintain a single lane and driving with expired license plates. The trafficking and drug possession charges were felonies, and the charges for drug paraphernalia possession and traffic violations were misdemeanor, court records said.
Stacey sentenced Everly to 10 years in prison for trafficking and each of the drug possession charges, 180 days in jail for the drug paraphernalia charge, 180 days in jail for driving with expired license plates, 15 days in jail for failing to maintain a single lane and fined her $150 each for driving with a revoked license and driving without insurance, according to court documents.
Everly will serve the prison and jail sentences concurrently, or at the same time, for a total of 10 years, court records said.
Stacey also revoked Everly’s five years’ probation that she received after pleading guilty to a drug possession charge in 2021. She had been sentenced to five years in prison at that time, but that sentence was suspended and she was placed on five years’ probation, according to court documents.
Stacey ordered Everly to serve the 10-year sentence for the most recent charges and the five-year sentence for violating the terms of her probation consecutively for a total of 15 years, court records show.
The trafficking and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia charges were from a November 2022 arrest following a traffic stop near Walmart, 2700 Ridge Point Drive, in High Ridge. A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy found a bag that had methamphetamine, 42 pill capsules that tested positive for heroin and marijuana inside it, and he found a glass smoking pipe with residue, the case’s probable-cause statement said.