Local realtors Dustin Sauls and Cierra Chancey pled guilty to possession of cocaine in Pierce County Superior Court last week, but still face charges for concealing a death and possession of cocaine in Appling County.
Sauls and Chancey entered guilty pleas to the cocaine charges before Judge Jeffrey Kight in Pierce County Superior Court August 19.
The pair were each sentenced to three years probation and were ordered to pay $2,000 in fines.
Sauls and Chancey are represented by local defense attorney John Thigpen Jr.
The local charges came after the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) in arresting the couple at their home in Pierce County in May.
The Sauls are still facing charges in Appling County in the September 28, 2022 death of their daughter, sixthmonth- old Madi Sauls.
The GBI was originally requested by the Baxley Police Department to investigate the death of the Sauls child. The couple was living in Baxley at the time. Preliminary information indicated the parents delayed reporting the death and were in possession of a substance later determined to be cocaine at the time.
An autopsy was completed by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in Pooler. The results of the autopsy have not been made public.
The Appling County case is being prosecuted by the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Appling County is in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit.
