The last of 12 people convicted in a Midlands drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to federal prison, closing out a case that started three years ago.
Columbia police and the Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating the group in 2023. Between September and November 2024, investigators intercepted thousands of drug-related communications between its members.
Investigators linked the group to about 30 kilograms of cocaine, more than 200 grams of fentanyl, more than 60 grams of methamphetamine, and amounts of MDMA, crack cocaine and marijuana.
Here’s how the sentences break down:
- Pearish Pretty: more than 20 years
- William Jarvis: 20 years
- Demetrius Glenn: more than 18 years
- Issac Bates: more than 16 years
- Johnny Dickerson: more than 16 years
- Maynard Bartlett: more than 10 years
- Marsha Gurwitch: more than 10 years
- Billy Joe Davis: 10 years
- Quinton Anderson: 10 years
- Miranda Garrett: 9 years
- Darwin Sims: more than 6 years
- Douglas Raley: 5 years
In the federal system there’s no parole, so the defendants will serve most of their time.
Source: Columbia Police Department; Drug Enforcement Administration, as reported by WIS
