WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
FLORENCE, S.C.-Samual Earl Ramu, age 34, of Johnsonville, S.C., has been ordered to serve nearly 22 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiring to distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine from inside the walls of the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
Evidence presented in court demonstrated that Ramu was the leader of a drug trafficking organization while in SCDC. Ramu used others outside prison to conduct transactions on his behalf using a contraband cell phone. Ramu attempted to have others use drones to drop contraband inside the prison. In total, Ramu was held accounta...