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Columbia Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Meth, Fentanyl

June 13, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Cedric Douglas Canzater, 43, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for six counts of drug distributions of methamphetamine or fentanyl. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that on six different occasions, Canzater sold over 550 grams of methamphetamine and 27 grams of...
June 13, 2025
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Methamphetamine and Gun Trafficker is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

June 12, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Jamal Marqui McDaniel, 46, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine and firearms offenses, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to court documents and evidence presented during court proceedings...
June 12, 2025
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Florida Men Convicted after Cleaning Crew Locates More Than $30K of Cocaine in Hotel Room

June 12, 2025
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A federal jury convicted Vincent Ellis Wilson, 54, and Ervin Lee Smith, 50, both of Fort Pierce, Florida, of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and a quantity of crack cocaine after a two-day trial in Florence. Evidence introduced at trial showed that...
June 12, 2025
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Convicted Felon Indicted for Operating Enormous Fentanyl Pill Pressing Lab with Weapons Stash

June 10, 2025
ATLANTA - Bartholomew Keeton Harralson, 47, of Atlanta, Ga., was charged earlier today by a federal grand jury seated in the Northern District of Georgia with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and...
June 10, 2025
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Southwest Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Armed Meth Trafficking

June 05, 2025
ALBANY, Ga. – A Southwest Georgia man with a criminal history who admitted to being a “lifelong” methamphetamine supplier and who said he distributed up to three kilograms of the illegal drug per week during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced...
June 05, 2025
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Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

June 04, 2025
NEW BERN, N.C. – Jesus Anibal Gutierrez, a 27-year-old resident of College Park, GA was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison for distributing crystal methamphetamine in Goldsboro, NC. Gutierrez pled guilty on November 12, 2024. According to the court documents and other information presented in court, the investigation began...
June 04, 2025
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Atlanta Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl and Heroin

June 02, 2025
FLORENCE, S.C. — Demetrius Stepp, 45, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine. Evidence presented to the court showed that on three occasions in April and May 2022, a confidential informant...
June 02, 2025
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Final Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy that Seized 29 Kilos of Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Javaris Latrey Johnson, 37, and Thomas Anthony Perry, 33, both of York County, were sentenced to more than 12 years and eight years in federal prison, respectively, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Evidence presented to...
May 30, 2025
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Career Offender is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

May 29, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. –Ronald Lee Peak, 45, of Hendersonville, N.C., was sentenced today to 188 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jae W. Chung, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta...
May 29, 2025
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Arden, N.C. Fentanyl and Meth Trafficker is Sentenced to 11+ Years in Prison

May 22, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Franklin Carlos Fair, 55, of Arden, N.C., was sentenced today to 134 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to documents filed with the court and...
May 22, 2025
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