SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WBTW) – A 25-year-old Sumter man arrested in March as part of an undercover drug investigation by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has been sentenced to 16 years in jail Monday evening at the Sumter County Judicial Center.
Devin Rodriguez pleaded guilty to three counts of trafficking cocaine and an additional count of trafficking crack cocaine.
As part of his sentence, Rodriguez was also given a $1,050 fine.
Back in March, officers with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, working with assistance from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, concluded a six-month operation into drug activity in Sumter County. During the investigation into Rodriguez’s activity, undercover officers seized approximately 13 grams of crack cocaine, with a street value of $2,600, and 44 grams of cocaine, with a street value $8,800.
Rodriguez was one of 16 people arrested at the end of the countywide investigation, including the Mayesville, Shiloh, Pinewood, Cherryvale, Rembert and Wedgefield communities.
