Human Trafficking Search Warrants Lead To Drug Conviction

MARIETTA, GA -- A Marietta man has been convicted of multiple counts of drug possession with intent to distribute. On Aug. 9, 2016, police executed a search warrant at Solomon Santana Noellin’s rented residence on Little Willeo Road, amid allegations he was trafficking women there for sex. Two females who were at the residence when officers arrived denied being coerced into the sex trade, but while police were investigating, officers saw cocaine, methamphetamines and other controlled substances, and sought a second search warrant for the residence.

Agents with the Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Organized Crime Unit ultimately recovered more than 161 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamines; three grams of cocaine; 49 methadone pills; more than 350 grams of marijuana; and one bar of Alprazolam.

On Thursday, a jury convicted Noellin of possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute, possession of methadone with intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, as well as possession of both cocaine and Alprazolam.

“This defendant tried to destroy evidence of his crimes when the police arrived, but we believe the jury saw the strength of the evidence the police discovered. We are happy they saw fit to hold him to account,” Senior ADA Greg Epstein said.

After the verdict, Assisting Superior Court Judge Joyette Holmes sentenced Noellin to 30 years, with eight years to serve in prison and the rest on probation.

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