UPDATE: Update: Charges against John Tracy Fisher have been dismissed. A 2017 charge of trafficking methamphetamine was dismissed on Feb. 26, 2019 after Fisher underwent drug and alcohol education classes, took part in community service and submitted to year-long random drug screening with no indication of narcotics use. A 2016 charge of first-degree receiving stolen property was taken to a Tuscaloosa County grand jury and the grand jury issued a “no bill” which means the panel did not find probable cause to infer that a crime had been committed.

ORIGINAL STORY IS BELOW: A Tuscaloosa defense attorney arrested last month on drug trafficking charges was back in jail again today, this time charged in connection with the theft of a motorcycle.

John Tracy Fisher Jr., 48, was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail at noon, said Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Richardson. He is charged with first-degree receiving stolen property. The investigation was carried out by the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force.

Richardson said the 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, valued at $5,000, was reported stolen in Fayette County on April 12, 2013 and was later sold in August 2016. A Fayette County grand jury indicted the original suspect on theft charges.

Then, after an investigation, task force agents received a warrant against Fisher for receiving the stolen property. His bond is set at $30,000.

Fisher, along with 42-year-old Christopher Shane Rushing, was arrested in August on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Task force investigators also led that probe, and seized 369 grams of meth during the operation.

Police at the time said the investigation began when agents were informed that a suspect dropped off a backpack containing items believed to be components of a methamphetamine lab. Agents observed a second man arrive at the undisclosed location and then leave carrying the backpack.

Police followed the second man to an office located in the 1600 block of Greensboro Avenue, which is where Fisher's law office is located. Both were ultimately taken into custody.

Court records give more detail about the first incident. A deposition and charge sheet says Rushing took that backpack to the office of a bail bondsman. The bail bondsman became suspicious about the bag and opened it. Once he saw what was inside, he called the task force commander and a plan of action was developed.

The bail bondsman then called another person at Fisher's law office, and said he had a bag that he thought might contain a meth lab and that he believed he was being set up. While task force agents held surveillance around the building, Fisher showed up at the bail bondsman's office and took possession of the backpack, taking it back to his office.

Eventually, Rushing and Fisher met back at Fisher's office. Rushing was seen leaving the office with the backpack and putting it in the backseat of his car. He went back inside, and then left again to a meet a woman outside of the law office. Agents then made contact with Rushing and took custody of the backpack. Inside, they found the meth oil, digital scales with residue, a bag of meth, lithium batteries, baggies and straws with meth residue.

Agents then made contact with Fisher, who met them at the back door holding a pistol.

Police did not say how the stolen motorcycle is connected to the drug case, if at all. Fisher is set to have a preliminary hearing for the drug case on Sept. 23 in Tuscaloosa County. Walker County District Judge Henry Allred has been assigned to preside over the case because all of the Tuscaloosa County judges recused themselves.