10/10/2025
$1 million bond set for man charged with dealing methamphetamine
LAWRENCEBURG – A man suspected of selling methamphetamine is under a $1 million cash bond.
Troy Thomas, 38, of Cincinnati, was placed under the bond at a hearing Oct. 10, before Judge Jonathan Cleary. He is charged with three counts of dealing in methamphetamine with a habitual offender sentencing enhancement, according to Dearborn County Prosecutor Lynn Deddens.
Thomas was arrested Oct. 8 in Greendale by members of the Dearborn County Sheriff Department when detectives and members of the command staff saw Thomas park where he often allegedly sold suspected narcotics. During the arrest, about 117.9 grams of suspected methamphetamine were found.
According to Deddens, the investigation started earlier this year when the Special Crimes Unit began looking into Thomas for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in the county. Detectives developed a confidential source who had been able to purchase large quantities from Thomas in the past.
The first purchase of methamphetamine was made on Sept. 24 in the amount of 54.6 grams, Deddens said. On Oct. 1, Thomas came back to Dearborn County and allegedly sold 57.3 grams, and then on Oct. 8, Thomas allegedly had approximately 117.9 grams of methamphetamine concealed in his groin area.
Thomas is jailed in the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center. If convicted of the charges, he faces from 10 to 30 years in prison on the dealing in methamphetamine and an additional 6 to 20 years on the habitual offender enhancement.
"Mr. Thomas' criminal history includes priors for trafficking in drugs, robbery and possession of controlled substances, which is why the habitual offender sentencing enhancement was filed,” Deddens said. “It is alleged that he brought a massive amount of methamphetamine to Dearborn County on multiple occasions from Cincinnati. My office is committed to aggressive prosecution of these kinds of cases in an effort to get drugs out of our community. I want to thank the Dearborn County Sheriff's Department for the good police work that went into making this arrest."