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WCBD Count on 2
WCBD Count on 2
WCBD Count on 2
7 arrested after meth, fentanyl found at Cross residence: BCSO
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Seven people were arrested following a narcotics investigation in Cross, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday. BCSO’s Narcotics Task Force received information in October relating to an individual identified as Paul Steven Alley, 59, who was suspected of distributing drugs in the area, officials said. A search warrant […]
The State
The State
Man trying to sneak contraband into SC prison now behind bars, prosecutor says
A South Carolina man who tried to smuggle contraband into a prison with a drone is now behind bars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office . Quinzell Robinson, a 47-year-old from Sumter, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday in a news release. At about 5 a.m. on March 14, 2025, law enforcement officers responded to reports of a drone flying near Lieber Correctional Facility in Ridgeville, according to the release. Investigators located Robinson leaving the woods near the prison with a drone and a bag, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. After reviewing surveillance footage, investigators learned that shortly after 5 a.m., a package was dropped onto prison grounds and retrieved by inmates, according to the release. Information about what was in the bag, and if the contraband was ever recovered, was not available. Investigators searched electronic devices seized from Robinson, including the drone, and its flight data showed that it traveled to the location where the prison’s surveillance recorded the inmates recovering a package, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. A forensic analysis of a cellphone revealed aerial photographs of the close, or maximum security prison, as well as numerous