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The True Citizen, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 — Page 5A
Midville man gets 14
years in federal prison
ROY F. CHALKER JR.
rchalker@bellsouth.net
A Burke County man who
admitted to operating an illegal
pill factory has been sentenced
to prison, and his codefendant
also has pled guilty.
U.S. District Court Chief
Judge J. Randal Hall sentenced
Telly Savalas Carswell, 47, of
Midville, Ga., to 168 months
in prison after Carswell pled
guilty to conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute and to
distribute methamphetamine,
said David H. Estes, Acting
U.S. Attorney for the South
ern District of Georgia. After
completion of his prison term,
Carswell will be required to
serve three years of supervised
release. There is no parole in
the federal system.
Carswell’s codefendant, Ce-
drick Gabriel Brown, a/k/a
“Pop,” 47, also of Midville,
awaits sentencing after also
pleading guilty to conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute
and to distribute methamphet
amine.
“Drug traffickers like Car-
swell and Brown prey on ru
ral communities, spreading
poison for profit,” said Acting
U.S. Attorney Estes. “Vigilant
law enforcement makes our
neighborhoods safer when it
identifies and shuts down these
illegal markets.”
The U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration began an inves
tigation of Carswell and Brown
in January 2020 after tracking
the delivery of a commercial
pill press to their residence.
With assistance from the Burke
County Sheriff’s Office, DEA
agents searched the home on
May 7,2020, and found the pill
press, along with methamphet
amine, heroin and other drugs;
nearly $9,000 in cash; and
paraphernalia related to drug
manufacturing and trafficking.
Both Carswell and Brown
have extensive criminal re
cords, including state con
victions for drug trafficking
offenses.
“DEA and its law enforce
ment partners worked jointly
to shut down the drug traffick
ing activities of this poisonous
pill peddler,” said the Special
Agent in Charge of the DEA
Atlanta Field Division. “Mr.
Carswell’s drug trafficking
activities posed a significant
threat to the quality of life in
the Burke County community
and his sentencing makes this
community a safer place to
day.”
Telly Savalas Carswell
The case was being inves
tigated by the DEA and the
Burke County Sheriff’s Office,
and prosecuted for the United
States by Assistant U.S. Attor
ney Matthew Josephson.
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