United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Jonathan Maurice Logan, 35, of Asheville, N.C., was sentenced to 14 years in prison today followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which oversees the Charlotte District Office, and Interim Chief Michael Lamb of the Asheville Police Department join U.S. Attorney King in making today’s announcement.

According to filed court documents and court proceedings, in February 2022, law enforcement learned that Logan was trafficking narcotics in the Asheville area. Upon further investigation, law enforcement determined that Logan was renting a room in a hotel in Asheville which he used to facilitate his drug trafficking activities. On March 31, 2022, law enforcement obtained and executed a search warrant for Logan’s hotel room and vehicle, seizing multiple plastic bags containing nearly half a kilogram of methamphetamine and more than a kilogram of fentanyl. They further seized a digital scale, a blender, a brick press machine, a vacuum sealer, and more than $10,000 in cash.

Logan remains in federal custody and will be transferred to the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility.

The DEA and the Asheville Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Hess of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Asheville prosecuted the case.

The DEA encourages parents, along with their children, to educate themselves about the dangers of legal and illegal drugs by visiting DEA’s interactive websites at www.JustThinkTwice.com, www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com, www.CampusDrugPrevention.gov, and www.dea.gov . Also follow DEA Atlanta via Twitter at @DEAATLANTADiv

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