Date: 04-10-2021

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Case Number: 7:20-cr-00130-M-1

Judge: Richard E. Myers, II

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (New Hanover County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office

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Description: Wilmington, North Carolina drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jason Hyland, 39, of Duplin County, was sentenced yesterday to 134 months in prison for Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.

According to court documents and evidence presented in court, on June 30, 2020, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents working with Duplin County Narcotics Detectives received information that Hyland and Ashely Shakelford were traveling to Atlanta, Georgia to pick up two pounds of methamphetamine and then would be returning to Eastern North Carolina. On July 1, 2020, DEA agents assisted by Sampson County Sheriff’s Office Detectives stopped a car driven by Shakelford with Hyland as the sole passenger. The car was stopped in the Newton Grove area returning from Georgia. Detectives had a K-9 conduct a sniff of the car and the K-9 detected the odor of narcotics. Detectives searched the car and found more than a kilogram and half of methamphetamine. During the investigation, law enforcement discovered that between May and June 2020, Hyland made approximately 8 trips to Georgia to pick up methamphetamine. Hyland had distributed methamphetamine to Virginia and the Eastern District of North Carolina. Hyland was responsible for distributing approximately 6 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Shakelford was previously sentenced in federal court for her role and received 90 months imprisonment.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Craven, Duplin, New Hanover and Sampson County Sheriffs’ Offices and the Mount Olive Police Department investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Severo prosecuted the case.

Conspiracy to Possess With the Intent to Distribute and Distribute Five Hundred (500) Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine
(1)

Possess With the Intent to Distribute (500) Five Hundred Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine; and Aiding and Abetting
(2

Outcome: Bureau of Prisons - 134 months concurrent with Count 2 - Supervised Release - 5 years concurrent with Count 2 with special conditions imposed - Special Assessment - $100.00 due in full immediately - Recommendations by the Court: Receive intensive substance abuse treatment - Vocational and educational opportunities - Place of incarceration at Butner or facility close to family

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