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Richland County Man Sentenced for Drug Smuggling Conspiracy

March 25, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jocobia Dozier-Eaddy, 37, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Dozier-Eaddy and others were responsible for shipping and selling...
March 25, 2025
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Mississippi Man Sentenced to 147 months for Fentanyl and Gun Convictions

March 21, 2025
Oxford, MS – Jarvis Wright, 46, was sentenced today to 147 months in prison following his guilty plea to distribution of fentanyl, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Wright was sentenced following a...
March 21, 2025
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Mississippi Man Sentenced in OCDETF Drug Trafficking Case

March 21, 2025
Oxford, MS – A Lowndes County man was sentenced on Thursday to over eight years in prison for selling methamphetamine. According to court documents, Jeremy Winston, of Columbus, Mississippi pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to distribution of methamphetamine. Winston was sentenced by...
March 21, 2025
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Armed Franklin County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 19 Years

March 21, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Youngsville man was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for armed drug trafficking of cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana. On June 10, 2024, Samuel McCoy Oakley, Jr., age 47, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of...
March 21, 2025
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Career Criminal Sentenced to 12+ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Charges

March 20, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Tyrone Eugene Sitton a/k/a “Dirty,” 46, of Asheville, was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release today for fentanyl trafficking and gun charges, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge...
March 20, 2025
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Mississippi Man Sentenced to 260 Months in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

March 19, 2025
Gulfport, Miss. – A Pascagoula man was sentenced today to 260 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, Terry Lynn McNeal, Jr., 35, sold fentanyl on three occasions between February and April 2024. After those sales, a search warrant was executed at McNeal’s...
March 19, 2025
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

March 19, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. – A man from Sampson County was sentenced today to 17 years in prison after he was caught with 30 kilograms of drugs and 9 firearms. On November 7, 2024, Antonio Tamoya Mondragon pled guilty to his charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court...
March 19, 2025
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Georgia Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine from Inside an Alabama Prison

March 14, 2025
MOBILE, AL – A Temple, Georgia man was sentenced to 210 months in prison for conspiring to distribute bulk fentanyl and methamphetamine while incarcerated in an Alabama prison. According to court documents, Justin Brian Melton, 35, was convicted of trafficking heroin in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama in...
March 14, 2025
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Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering

March 14, 2025
GREENSBORO – A doctor from Mt. Airy, North Carolina was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution totaling $2,049,747.47 after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon of the Middle...
March 14, 2025
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Hampton County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl

March 14, 2025
CHARLESTON, S.C. — John Maurice Anderson, 40, of Hampton, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute high potency methamphetamine and fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that beginning in January 2023 and continuing through June 2023, Anderson conspired with...
March 14, 2025
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