On Thursday, May 2, a Georgia man was found guilty of cocaine trafficking and given a sentence of more than 15 years in prison in Asheville, following a three-year narcotics investigation.
Attorney General for the Western District of North Carolina Dena J. King reported that Larry Edward Wood, 62, of Mount Airy, Georgia, had been found guilty of trafficking methamphetamine and had been sentenced to 188 months (15 years, 8 months).
Wood was sentenced to five years in jail and five years of court supervision following his release.
In 2021, law enforcement reportedly opened an investigation into Wood for allegedly selling methamphetamine in and around Macon County, according to court documents and motions filed.
In the course of the inquiry, Wood sold meth to a law enforcement-affiliated confidential source in May 2021. Wood then flew to Macon County in July 2021 to deliver five kilograms of meth, which were later confiscated by the authorities.
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Wood admitted guilt to conspiring to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it on July 28, 2023.
Up until the Federal Bureau of Prisons places him, Wood is still in the care of the U.S. Marshals Service.
The FBI, the Franklin Police Department, the Swain County Sheriff’s Office, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency were among the organizations that participated in the investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Hess of the United States Attorney’s Office located in Asheville.
“This drug investigation spanned over a three year period between Georgia and North Carolina. Captain Matt Pellicer spent many countless days working this case alongside Macon County – NC Sheriff’s Office Detectives, and other mentioned agencies. Due to the seriousness and multi-state offenses of this case, it was sent to Federal Court for trial. Quality investigation work put a drug trafficker in prison for 15.5 years. Now we move on to the next drug trafficker.”
