Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M.
McCoy, Jr. announced today that Curtis Goodman, 40, of Lynchburg, was sentenced
via videoconference to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to
conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
Evidence presented to the court showed that for more than a
decade, Goodman was a supplier of cocaine to other drug dealers in Florence,
Darlington, and Sumter Counties. A
number of those dealers who purchased drugs from Goodman were prosecuted and
agreed to cooperate with the Government.
During the course of the conspiracy, Goodman sold them significant
quantities of cocaine totaling more than five kilograms. Additionally, on
February 15, 2019, based on information that individuals were smuggling drugs
on a particular flight from San Francisco to Atlanta, detectives from the
Clayton County Police Department used a drug detection dog to screen luggage
from a flight at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The dog alerted on several pieces of luggage,
one of which belonged to Goodman.
Detectives opened the luggage and found over 43 pounds of marijuana in
vacuum-sealed packages.
Chief United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell
sentenced Goodman to 120 months in federal prison, to be followed by a
five-year term of court-ordered supervision.
There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Florence County Sheriff’s Office,
and the Clayton County, Georgia, Police Department.
In light of the current pandemic, the defendant appeared via
videoconference, while the attorneys and court staff were present in the
courtroom. Assistant United States Attorney A. Bradley Parham of the Florence
office prosecuted the case.
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