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Rock Hill, South Carolina - The final chapter in a major federal drug investigation centered in York County has ended with a lengthy prison sentence for one of the conspiracy’s key participants. Jarman Lamar White, 39, of Rock Hill, has been ordered to spend 15 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, along with cocaine and methamphetamine. Federal investigators say White played a significant role in a drug network tied to the Darryl Hemphill organization. According to evidence gathered during the investigation, White distributed narcotics supplied by members...

Richland County, South Carolina - A Richland County man will spend the next decade in federal prison after authorities determined he unlawfully possessed a firearm and ammunition despite a history of felony convictions. Jacob Lloyd Lower, 31, received a 10-year federal sentence after investigators uncovered the circumstances surrounding a chaotic incident that unfolded in April 2022. According to evidence presented in court, officers with the Irmo Police Department were dispatched on April 25 of that year after reports of a single-vehicle crash. While officers were en route, new information emerged suggesting the driver had begun attacking a passerby who had stopped...

Greer, South Carolina - A federal fraud scheme that siphoned more than $1.8 million from pandemic relief programs has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a Greer man who authorities say orchestrated the operation. Jonathan Wade Sumter, 54, of Greer, has been sentenced to 80 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering connected to a plan that targeted two key federal relief initiatives created during the COVID-19 crisis. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis imposed the sentence, which will also include three years of supervised release once Sumter completes his time behind...

Union, South Carolina - A man from Union County will spend more than a decade behind bars after a federal judge handed down a sentence tied to the distribution of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that continues to fuel overdose deaths across communities. Dezmond Tobias Tucker, 31, of Union, was sentenced to 131 months in federal prison after investigators determined he had been involved in selling fentanyl pills. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Jacquelyn D. Austin and will be followed by three years of court-ordered supervision once Tucker completes his prison term. Because the case was...