A federal judge has sentenced Donquel Caron McEachern, 36, of Fayetteville, to more than 17 years in prison. He sold fentanyl and cocaine in Cumberland County, according to court records and federal prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced the sentence in a press release.
McEachern pleaded guilty on June 18. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl, more than one pound of cocaine, 28 grams of crack cocaine, and marijuana, according to the release. He also admitted he held fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine with intent to sell, and that he carried a gun to protect his drug sales.
Prosecutors said the investigation began in 2023, when officers found McEachern with cocaine and a firearm two times in one year. Investigators learned that he and his group rented Airbnb homes. They stored, prepared, and packaged drugs inside those rentals…