MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Two Florida men have been convicted by a federal jury after they were found with more than $30,000 worth of drugs in Myrtle Beach in 2021, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
Vincent Wilson, 54, and Ervin Lee Smith, 50, both of Fort Pierce, were convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and a quantity of crack cocaine after a two-day federal trial in Florence. They both face a minimum of five years in federal prison and could be sentenced up to the 40-year maximum.
Evidence revealed during the trial showed that on the evening of Feb. 25, 2021, Wilson and Smith checked into an oceanfront hotel in Myrtle Beach, the DOJ said. The two met with a local person that night, who agreed to serve as a middleman to help them sell more than half a kilogram of cocaine and a “small quantity” of crack cocaine they brought with them from Florida…