An Edenton man was sentenced in court in New Bern to 7.5 years in prison on fentanyl distribution and possession of a firearm charges.

Rayshawn Lamont Anthony pled guilty to those charges.

According to court documents, Anthony, 30, was found by police walking down the highway away from a vehicle.

Officers used a K9 to search the vehicle and found 12 packages of fentanyl and a loaded 9mm gun.

Anthony was arrested into state custody, then and released on bond, and later seen again by police as a passenger in a vehicle.

Officers found him then in possession of cocaine and a stolen .380 caliber gun.

He was then taken into federal custody.

Anthony is listed as a career offender under federal law with two prior felony drug convictions, possession of a firearm, maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while a license revoked.