Columbia man sentenced to prison for gun, drug offenses
Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)
Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A Columbia man was sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana.
Evidence presented to the court showed that on June 14, 2021, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to an apartment complex on Old Manor Road in Columbia because a caller stated that Kenneth Archie was trying to enter the front gate of the complex without permission, says the DOJ.
When the deputies spoke to Archie at his front window, they say they could smell marijuana coming from his vehicle and searched his car for further drug evidence.
Deputies found a backpack containing methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, and a firearm to which Archie admitted to possessing the drugs and the firearm, says RCSD.
Archie is prohibited from having a firearm due to prior convictions for armed robbery, domestic violence 2nd degree, and failure to stop for a blue light.
A United States district judge sentenced the 44-year-old to 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by a six-year term of court-ordered supervision.
