July 16, 2025: 
An Anderson woman with an extensive criminal record is heading to the South Carolina Department of Corrections for 15 years after entering a guilty plea, announced 10th Circuit Solicitor Micah Black.
Tonya Michelle Reid, 48, pleaded guilty on Monday afternoon to one count of trafficking in methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Circuit Judge Lawton McIntosh sentenced Reid to 15 years in the Department of Corrections.
On March 20, 2024, Deputies with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in the Belton area of the county where they found Reid with a large quantity of methamphetamine under the driver’s seat of the vehicle she was operating.
On February 20, 2025, Deputies again conducted another traffic stop on Reid in the Belton community. A search of the vehicle during the traffic stop yielded another large quantity of methamphetamine. In sum, close to 300 grams of methamphetamine were seized between the two traffic stops.
Solicitor Micah Black prosecuted the case for the state. Black praised the work of Anderson County Detective Brandon Brewer and Deputy Daniel Hagen in securing the convictions and sentence against Reid. “Methamphetamine and other illegal narcotics have ravaged our community for far too long” Black stated. “I am pleased to work with talented and dedicated officers at the Sheriff’s Office to prosecute those individuals that sell this poison in our community.”