News Photo by Temi Fadayomi Turner Terry waits to be sentenced in 26th Circuit Court in Alpena on Monday.

ALPENA — Turner Terry was sentenced on Monday to 33 months of incarceration with 639 days credit for time already spent incarcerated in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamines with the intention to distribute.

“Although my story is one of addiction, I don’t want to use it as a cop-out,” Terry said right before his sentence was announced. “There was always a choice to make and I made the wrong one, and I take responsibility for that,” he continued. “Hopefully I can atone for them in more ways than one.”

Terry was originally charged with one count of controlled substance-delivery/manufacture-methamphetamine, one count of domestic violence, one count of operating-license suspended, revoked, denied, and one count of fugitive from justice. The second charge carried a maximum sentence of 93 days in jail. Terry pleaded guilty to the first charge and the rest of the charges were dismissed.

Prior to sentencing, Judge Ed Black commended Terry for the steps he had taken while incarcerated to move forward but made it clear that he had to take into account that Terry was being charged with intention to deliver, not merely possession of methamphetamines.

“You’re in front of me not just for possession of methamphetamines, but with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamines,” Black said to Terry before his sentencing. “That’s the past, obviously you are trying to move forward, but I have to take that into consideration.”

During his incarceration, Terry testified on June 6 in the preliminary examination of Brad Srebnik and Joshua Wirgau, who are being charged in the deaths of Abby Hill and Brynn Bills.

During his testimony, Terry alleged that Srebnik admitted to killing Hill while they were cellmates in the Alpena County jail.

This story has been updated to reflect that the domestic violence charge against Turner Terry was a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 93 days in jail. This was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.