FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) - Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith is working to make it harder for those arrested for meth possession to get out of jail.
He's asking bondsmen to deny business to meth users and sellers in jail.
WMBB's Mike Harrison told News 13's sister station WTXL in Tallahassee that he'll help solve the problem.
Steve James owns second chance bail bonds and bails out many of Franklin County's criminals.
His stepdaughter Shaylee found meth in a parking lot last week.
Shaylee Martina, Steve James stepdaughter. "I honestly didn't know what it was, but I knew it was a drug that could have hurt a toddler, anybody," she said.
He says his perspective has changed.
"I'm not just going to bond every person out who gets arrested for meth, no I'm not going to do that," James said.
But he's not going to deny every meth user arrested.
"There's some circumstances, you know, I mean if I personally know that person and go to court, I might give him a chance," he said. "IF that person is sitting in there for a while, I might give them a chance."
