A South Carolina man was sentenced to more than two decades in federal prison recently for trafficking fentanyl pills that he manufactured in the laundry room of a Fayetteville home.
Quavion Maurice Pickett, 30, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in April to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, maintaining a premises for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley.
On Aug. 22, Chief District Judge Richard E. Myers II sentenced Pickett to 27 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release and the forfeiture of more than $72,000, a news release said.
According to the release, Pickett pleaded guilty April 24 to possession with intent to distribute 8,706.98 grams of fentanyl and 10.50 grams of marijuana between Sept. 30, 2021, and Oct. 26, 2022.