FLORENCE, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Five men from across the Pee Dee and Grand Strand were sentenced to multi-year terms in federal prison after pleading guilty to a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in and around Horry County and related firearms crimes. * Joshua Rodriguez, 33, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distr  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Antwon Rashad Brown, 30, of Charleston, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Evidence presented to the court showed that Brown engaged in a multiple year conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Between May 2021 and July 2022, Brow  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Shiloh Wright, 42, of Columbia, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Evidence presented to the court showed that on Sept. 1, 2022, officers with the City of Columbia Police Department wen  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Kenyatta Defondrael McLaughlin, 45, of Dillon, was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Evidence presented to the court showed that, on the evening of Sept.16, 2022, an officer with Dillon Police D  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Jeffrey McWhorter, 63, of Awendaw, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, which was committed during his time as President and CEO of Palmetto Railways. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that McWhorter introduced a known co- conspirator, referred to as T.B., to a company headquartered in Texas. T.B. hoped that McWhor  more

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Sergio Magallan-Tinoco, a/k/a "John Migo," 45, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime. Evidence presented to the court showed that in the Fall of 2023, law enforcement in the Upstate c  more