Two men plead guilty to trafficking meth

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Wednesday, 23/10/2024

District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced that in separate cases, two Macon County men pleaded guilty this month to trafficking methamphetamine. 

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Convicted felon sentenced for trafficking fentanyl

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Wednesday, 28/08/2024

John Edward Bradley, 50, of Cherokee, was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. 

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Defendants get prison time following trafficking investigation

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Wednesday, 20/09/2023

Eight people charged in Haywood County with trafficking and possessing illegal drugs are now serving active time in state prison, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said.

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