ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A Georgia man was sentenced to over two decades in prison for crimes related to drug trafficking.
The 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said Kevin Eugene Hicks, of Austell, Georgia, was convicted last week for trafficking 400 grams or more of cocaine and sentenced to 25 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
According to a press release by the office, in November of 2022, Hicks was involved in a traffic stop on Interstate 85 in Anderson County when a search of his vehicle resulted in a deputy finding a kilo of cocaine in the trunk…