A Nash County man allegedly caught with more than 22 pounds of methamphetamine will spend 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling the drug, federal prosecutors say.
Kenneth Orlin Simmons Jr., 36, was sentenced in a Raleigh courtroom this week after pleading guilty to selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in February 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
“Drug dealers flood our communities with deadly methamphetamine and arm themselves with guns to violently carry out their trade. Criminals like this Big Shark Bad Boy pose a serious threat to public safety,” said U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle. “This sentence sends a clear message: if you poison our communities and endanger the lives of our children and families, you will sit in a federal prison for a long time. We will continue working with our law enforcement partners to shut down these operations, clean these villains off our streets, and protect the citizens.”…