Multiple Narcotics Traffickers Sentenced to Prison in Lexington County
Lexington, SC 08/19/2024 – Several narcotics traffickers have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms following their convictions in the Lexington County General Sessions Court. Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard echoes the concerns of the community over the ongoing narcotics-related issues in the county, especially regarding the proliferation of lethal substances such as fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Jakob Regan Dator’s Conviction
Jakob Regan Dator, a twenty-one-year-old already with convictions on robbery and criminal conspiracy, received a sentence of twenty years by Circuit Court Judge Milton G. Kimpson after he pled guilty to trafficking Fentanyl between 4 to 14 grams. Dator, having been convicted of a violent crime, will not be eligible for parole as per South Carolina Law.
Investigations tracing back to the early months of 2023 reported sale of Fentanyl in relation to overdoses, fatal in at least one instance. The culprit behind this activity turned out to be Dator, who sold Fentanyl in the appearance of regular Oxycodone pills but containing the lethal doses of the controlled substance, a single dose of which can be fatal. Lexington County’s Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (“NET”) apprehended Dator during a traffic stop, seizing over five hundred pills which were later confirmed to contain Fentanyl.
Conviction of Christina Lindemuth and Bradford Scott Price
Christina Lindemuth, a fifty-two-year-old from Gaston, was sentenced to nineteen years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine after pleading guilty. When investigators linked drugs and paraphernalia to a hotel room she tried to enter carrying a safe, they found over two hundred grams of methamphetamine inside it, along with her ID and cards.
Bradford Scott Price, a thirty-nine-year-old from West Columbia, has also been sentenced to nine years in prison after he pled guilty to charges of trafficking methamphetamine and Fentanyl. Price, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, has multiple prior convictions for drug offences and property crimes. Police found over 35 grams of methamphetamine and over 8 grams of fentanyl at his residence during a search operation.
Non-eligibility for parole applies to Price and Lindemuth, as well as Dator, as trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine are classified as violent crimes under South Carolina law.
Swift Justice
All convicted offenders – Dator, Lindemuth, and Price – have already been relocated to the S.C. Department of Corrections to immediately commence their prison terms, reflecting the swift pursuit of justice by the local law enforcement agencies and courts.
