By DON FLETCHER
News Staff Writer
A Florida woman, convicted here of dealing drugs, and a Brewton man convicted of burglary and drug possession, were each granted parole during recent hearings by the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles. A convicted East Brewton drug dealer wasn’t so lucky.
Lauralei Joanne Butgereit
Butgereit, who was sentenced in 2021 to 97 months (8 years, 1 month) in prison after her conviction on a charge of distributing a controlled substance, was paroled after having served only eight months and a few days.
According to Alabama Department of Corrections info, the 84 days she was held in the county jail, as well as 730 days of “pre time served,” were considerations in her parole. She had been housed at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women Annex.
David Jeremy Emmons
Emmons, who had been housed at the Loxley Work Release facility, was paroled after having served 3 years, 3 months and 2 days of a 180-month (15-year) sentence for third-degree burglary. He was also serving concurrent sentences of 10 years each (one from Escambia County, one from Shelby County) for possession of a controlled substance.
The most recent stretch was the third for Emmons. He was sentenced to 8 months in prison, and actually served 9 months in 2020 for possession of a controlled substance and served just over 4 years of a 12-year sentence he received in 2015 for manufacturing a controlled substance.
Anthony Levon Peterson
Peterson, convicted in 2012 of drug dealing and sentenced to 20 years, will apparently serve every day of the sentence after he was denied parole. Having served more than 17 years and six months behind state bars, he won’t be eligible for parole again until after his sentence has been completed.
Peterson, currently housed at ADOC’s Alexander City Work Release facility, was one of five people arrested by Brewton PD narcotics officers in May 2012. He was eventually convicted of distribution of a controlled substance and was later convicted on an additional charge of promoting prison contraband. He received a 15-year sentence on that charge, but it ran concurrently with the 20-year sentence and has expired.
ADOC records show Peterson also spent most of a 5-year stint in state prison after a 2004 conviction for attempted arson and served less than half a 10-year sentence after his 1990 conviction for burglary of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property.