S.C. U.S. Attorney: SCDC Inmate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking 350 Kilograms of Meth With Contraband Phones
August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release:
Benjamin Johnathan Newman, 38, an inmate in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
Newman has been incarcerated in the state prison system since 2012, serving a 25-ye . . .
Benjamin Johnathan Newman, 38, an inmate in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
Newman has been incarcerated in the state prison system since 2012, serving a 25-ye . . .