ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced that an Asheville man was sentenced on Monday for drug and gun-related charges.
Kuron Christopher Grant, 23, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm.
According to filed documents and court proceedings, while Grant was on probation for 2024 state convictions of carrying a concealed gun, common law robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, law enforcement initiated an investigation into Grant for suspected drug trafficking in Buncombe Cunty.
Court records show that on six occasions between August and September 2025, Grant sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to law enforcement, as well as firearms, including a stolen AR rifle. On Nov. 4, 2025, law enforcement arrested Grant and found in his backpack a short, barreled rifle fitted with an extended magazine. In total, according to court records, Grant was responsible for distributing more than 119 grams of pure methamphetamine and more than 181 grams of fentanyl and had illegally possessed three firearms…