HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 47-year-old Loris man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to cocaine and fentanyl charges in Horry County, authorities said.
Joseph D. Blanton, pleaded guilty to third-offense possession with intent to distribute cocaine and third-offense possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Judge Benjamin Culbertson sentenced him to 10 years for each charge but ordered the sentences to run concurrently.
Horry County police searched a hotel where Blanton was living on Feb. 15, 2024, and arrested him on previous drug activity, the solicitor’s office said…