Trenton, GA — On October 22nd 2025, a Dade County jury convicted
Tyler Blake Gamble, 32, of Trafficking Fentanyl and Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute
after a three-day trial in the Superior Court of Dade County.
The evidence presented at trial showed that Gamble, who was on parole for a Possession of
Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute 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.
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. Acting on that
information, Commander York obtained and executed a search warrant for Gamble’s Trenton residence
that same day.
When agents entered the home, Gamble was present and found carrying 47 pressed fentanyl
tablets and $6,370 in cash in his pants pocket. Gamble admitted he was out of methamphetamine
because he had sold it all earlier that day and told agents he planned to “re-up” from his Atlanta supplier
the next morning. He further confessed to trafficking methamphetamine into Dade County on a regular
basis.
Testing by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab confirmed the fentanyl tablets
weighed 4.8 grams, a trafficking amount under Georgia law.
During arguments, Defense Attorney Walt Moffitt called the State’s case “weak.” But a Dade
County jury strongly disagreed — returning guilty verdicts.
Immediately after 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 verdict, the sentence, and the teamwork behind it:
“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.’ 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.”
