A 54-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars following a major drug trafficking investigation in Sumter County.
Judge Mary P. Hatcher sentenced Clyde Edward Johnson Jr. last week to two concurrent life prison terms as a Habitual Violent Felony Offender.
The sentencing follows Johnson’s conviction in April on multiple felony charges, including trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in cathinones, possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, maintaining a place for the trafficking, sale, or manufacture of a controlled substance, and possession of paraphernalia…