CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Four drug traffickers responsible for distributing thousands of fentanyl pills in the Charlotte area were sentenced to prison.
Ezekiel Lee Suber was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Darien Akiel Brown was sentenced to 72 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Elija McDowell was ordered to serve 57 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, and Jocelyn Marie Hamilton was sentenced to five years of probation.
According to court documents and court proceedings, between 2023 and 2024, the defendants, led by Suber, operated as a drug conspiracy trafficking fentanyl in Charlotte and elsewhere…