COLUMBIA, S.C., July 20 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:
JUL 20, 2026
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that Gerald Lee Whitner was convicted on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, by a Greenville County jury in the "Devil in Disguise" State Grand Jury investigation. Whitner was convicted of Trafficking Fentanyl, 28 Grams or More (Conspiracy); Trafficking Cocaine, 400 Grams or More; Trafficking Fentanyl, 28 Grams or More; and Trafficking Methamphetamine, 28 Grams or More, But Less Than 100 Grams. Whitner had been previously served Notice of Intent to Seek Life Without Parole due to his prior criminal history of drug dealing and drug trafficking. Following the tria...