The long-running federal crackdown known as “Operation Sweet Silence” reached a major milestone today as a Columbus man became the 30th person to be taken down in the sweep.
Fernando Brown, a 33-year-old local known on the streets as “Nino,” was found guilty by a federal jury on multiple charges involving the distribution of meth, cocaine, and marijuana while armed.
The conviction follows a four-day trial where prosecutors laid out evidence of Brown’s role in supplying the Columbus area…