Man pleads guilty to drug charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced on Friday, Feb. 28, that a man has pleaded guilty in the ‘Triple Crown’ investigation.

Wilson says Johnathan Cole, also known as “Buckshot”, pleaded guilty to drug charges in Kershaw, Sumter, and Richland Counties.

Authorities say Cole was a top target of the investigation who was supplying other high-level targets with large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana.

Law enforcement learned that Cole would fly to California to obtain drugs and traffic back to South Carolina in his luggage on commercial flights.

He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.