20 sentenced in Georgia prison drug ring; one marijuana probation
Twenty people were sentenced in Albany Federal Court over a drug conspiracy run from inside Georgia prisons, among them a relief postmaster given five years of probation for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. The ring moved methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and the only cannabis-specific penalty reported was that probation term for Loretta Hunt of Tifton.
Twenty people were sentenced in Albany Federal Court for a wide-ranging drug
conspiracy run inside various Georgia prisons.[1]Inmates including Antron
Miles, Anthony Moore and Rejhan Mujanovic conspired with people outside prisons
to acquire and distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.[1]The inmates coordinated with outsiders using cell phones smuggled into Georgia
Department of Corrections facilities.[1]The drugs were warehoused in Tifton
and distributed by Leslie Howard, Tonya Harp and Sarah Frost Taylor.[1]
Drugs shipped by United States Mail to Enigma were diverted by relief postmaster
Loretta Hillman Hunt to other conspirators.[2]Loretta Hunt of Tifton was
sentenced on August 29, 2017 to five years of probation for conspiracy to
distribute marijuana.[1]Antron Miles of Tifton was sentenced on October 10,
2017 to 360 months imprisonment to run consecutive to his Tift County sentence.[1]
Agents seized multiple kilograms of high purity methamphetamine, hundreds of
grams of heroin and marijuana together, small amounts of cocaine and
prescription pills, and $30,000.[2]The case was investigated by the Drug
Enforcement Administration Macon Division, GBI Sylvester, Ben Hill County
Sheriff’s Office, Tift County Sheriff’s Office and the Mid South Narcotics Task
Force.[1]
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🇺🇸Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office; Tift County Sheriff's Office; Mid South Narcotics Task Force
A federal court sentenced Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, to 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm as a felon. A January 2026 search of his home seized a pound (about 0.45 kg) of marijuana alongside methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, synthetic cathinones and four pistols.
Nigel White was sentenced in Brown County court to 18 years in prison plus 10 years of extended supervision for his role in the August 2024 marijuana deal on Berner Street where Brandon Ramirez was shot dead. White, one of five people charged, had pleaded no contest to felony murder; prosecutors said he drove a getaway vehicle.
Charged 5Sentenced 1Prison 18 years initial confinement and 10 years extended supervisionDeaths 1
A federal judge sentenced Christopher S. Robinson, 31, of Springfield to 15 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl for distribution, a case that began with a May 2024 raid in Jacksonville. Police reported finding 1.8 pounds of cannabis there and charged him with felony cannabis possession with intent to deliver.
Six traffickers were sentenced on 4 November 2026 in the Northern District of West Virginia to a combined 37 years in federal prison for fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking. Officers seized about 68.15 kilograms of marijuana in two of the cases, including 150 pounds at a Keyser duplex, alongside fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
