Regional crime: Abbeville dealer dealer starts two decades in prison for half a kilo from Meth

Eighth circuit office office lawyer

Abbeville dealer captivates for two decades in prison for half a kilo of meth

Abbeville – A man from Abbeville County with a lengthy criminal record will go to prison for 20 years after being drawn to a guilt on Tuesday after a jury was to be selected for his process, the 8th Circuit lawyer David M. Stumbo said on Friday.

The 56 -year -old Kenneth Dwayne McGaha confessed to a number of methamphetamine trading on Monday afternoon and was to be convicted on Tuesday morning. McGaha fled out of the area, but was arrested on Tuesday evening near Clayton, Georgia.

The judge Frank Addy Jr. convicted McGaha on Thursday to 20 years in prison after being brought back to court in Abbeville. According to the law of South Carolina, the crime is considered violent, and McGaha has to serve at least 85 percent of the prison sentence before being considered due to probation.

In December 2021, the investigators of the Sheriff office of the Abbeville County used a confidential informant to buy 28 grams of methamphetamine from McGaha. Based on this purchase, the investigators were able to receive a search command against McGaha's residence in the honey path area, in which McGaha was found with more than 450 grams of methamphetamine for the distribution.

The deputy lawyer Wade Dowtin and the deputy lawyer Madison Hoffman created the case for the state with the support of Chris Wilkie and Blake Moore. McGaha was represented by Hunter Blouin from Greenville County Bar.

The lawyer Stumbo praised the work of his employees together with the investigators of Abbeville County, Jeffrey Hines and Mack to secure the conviction and lengthy prison sentence. The lawyer also recognized the work of the Sheriff office of the Anderson County and the Sheriff's Office by Rabun County (GA.) To help McGaha arrested after he fled from the area before his planned conviction in Abbeville.

“Illegal narcotics – especially meth and fentanyl – can go through the structure of our communities, and I am pleased that a different career -drug dealer for a long time with the kind permission of Sheriff (Ray) Watsons Crew in Abbeville is brought into jail,” said Solicitor Stumbo. “We will continue to stand by shoulder on shoulder with our law enforcement officers in order to proactively search for and pursue these poison pushers in full of the law.”