Paroled Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 40 Years in Dade County Drug Case

TRENTON, Ga. — A Dade County jury has convicted Tyler Blake Gamble, 32, of Trafficking Fentanyl and Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute following a three-day trial in Superior Court. The verdict was reached on October 22, 2025, after evidence showed Gamble was selling large quantities of methamphetamine and was found in possession of fentanyl tablets at his Trenton home.

Prosecutors presented evidence that Gamble, who was on parole for a meth distribution conviction out of Cobb County, was under investigation for selling several ounces of methamphetamine to a buyer in DeKalb County, Alabama on April 17, 2024.

That same day, agents with the DeKalb County Narcotics and Criminal Interdiction Unit shared intelligence with Commander Casey York of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, who obtained and executed a search warrant for Gamble’s residence in Trenton.

When agents entered the home, Gamble was found carrying 47 pressed fentanyl tablets and $6,370 in cash in his pants pocket. He admitted he had sold out of methamphetamine earlier that day and planned to “re-up” from his Atlanta supplier the following morning. Gamble also confessed to regularly trafficking methamphetamine into Dade County.

Testing by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab confirmed the seized fentanyl weighed 4.8 grams, a trafficking amount under Georgia law.

During trial, Defense Attorney Walt Moffitt called the state’s case “weak,” but the jury disagreed, returning guilty verdicts on both counts.

Immediately following the verdict, Superior Court Judge Chris Arnt sentenced Gamble to 40 years, with 25 years to serve in the Georgia Department of Corrections.

The case was investigated by Commander Casey York of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force and prosecuted by Chief Assistant District Attorney Deanna Reisman.

District Attorney Clayton M. Fuller praised the outcome, calling it a victory for the community.

“This community won today thanks to the relentless work of Commander York, our Drug Task Force, and the citizens who stood up and said, ‘Not here,’” Fuller said. “Gamble thought he was holding all the cards. The jury called his bluff. When you gamble with people’s lives in Dade County, you’ll find out real quick — here justice never folds.”