WASHINGTON (WTVM) – Four Columbus men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking operations in the city.
Their sentencing stems from a multi-agency investigation that culminated in 2024 called ‘Operation Sweet Silence,’ where more than 100 people were arrested. Here are the four defendants:
- Undrae Hayes, aka Skizite, 38
- Sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distibute metheamphetamine
- Dahvontay Richardson, 28
- Sentenced to 33 months (2.75 years) months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine
- Malik Williams, aka YSN Bird, 27
- Sentenced to 51 months (4.25 years) in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Jeffrey Kimbrough, aka YSN Trap, 29
- Sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana
Hayes arrested by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office
According to court documents, law enforcement conducted physical surveillance at a home in the 2400 block of Garden Drive in Columbus on April 14, 2023. Officials say a silver Honda sedan arrived around 10 p.m. and the passenger, later identified as Hayes, entered the residence, returned a few minutes later with an unknown object/bag in his hand, and left.
MCSO conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle, and Hayes fled on foot carrying a small backpack in his hands, which he discarded. Deputies caught him and retrieved the bag, which officials say contained the following:
- eight clear plastic baggies containing 208.863 grams of meth
- one clear plastic baggie containing 9 grams of a brownish powder substance suspected to be heroin
- a digital scale
- box of plastic baggies
According to investigators, the residence had been flagged through both physical observation and pole‑camera footage as a site where co‑defendant Fernando Brown, previously arrested in Operation Sweet Silence, was distributing narcotics.
Brown contacts Williams about a drug transaction
Court documents say that Brown contacted Williams about conducting a drug transaction in the parking lot of Pyramid Food Mart on Buena Vista Road in Columbus. Officials say Brown told Williams he needed the product for this transaction…