RINGGOLD, Ga. - A Chattanooga man has been convicted of trafficking fentanyl in Catoosa County and will serve prison time after a one-day trial last week.

What we know:

A jury found 35-year-old Ladarius Nollie guilty on Sept. 29 following a case that prosecutors said showed he brought fentanyl into Georgia and exchanged drugs for sex acts. Chief Superior Court Judge Brian House sentenced Nollie to five years in prison followed by 25 years of probation.

Authorities said the investigation began on Jan. 8, when Catoosa County detectives responded to a tip that Nollie was staying at the Econo Lodge in Fort Oglethorpe and had active warrants from Walker and Hamilton counties. Detectives Zach Roden and Chris Lyons found Nollie in a motel room with two women — a mother and her adult daughter

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