Antoine Dewayne Myles, 42 of Dunn, North Carolina, is going down for his role in a relentless, around-the-clock crack cocaine operation that poisoned the small community of Godwin for years. A federal jury convicted Myles after a three-day trial in Elizabeth City, finding him guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), Money Laundering Conspiracy, and Possession with Intent to Distribute.
Myles, also known as “Twan,” ran the drug ring alongside his brother, Lemont Webb, turning a trailer in Godwin into a 24/7 crack house. From 2011 until his arrest on June 5, 2015, the duo directed a network of sellers working shifts nonstop, flooding the area with kilogram quantities of crack cocaine. The operation was so brazen, it continued even after the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office shut down their original trailer with an injunction in October 2014.
Undeterred by law enforcement action, Myles and Webb simply moved operations across the street—into a Winnebago—where the drug sales never missed a beat. Evidence presented at trial detailed how the Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) functioned like a criminal enterprise, with hired foot soldiers, structured shifts, and profits funneled through layers of financial deception.
The conviction also hinged on money laundering charges, exposing how Myles schemed to clean the dirty cash generated by the DTO. Investigators traced illicit funds through financial records, revealing an organized effort to disguise drug proceeds as legitimate income. The case was built by a multi-agency task force, including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and the United States Marshal’s Service.
Myles now faces a mandatory minimum sentence with no room for leniency. He is scheduled to be sentenced the week of June 11, 2018, in federal court. His fall follows the prior convictions of 17 other defendants tied to the same sprawling investigation, dismantling much of the network that fed addiction and violence into rural North Carolina.
Assistant United States Attorney Lawrence Cameron prosecuted the case for the government. U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. of the Eastern District of North Carolina confirmed the verdict, calling it a decisive strike against a long-running criminal enterprise. For the people of Godwin, it’s justice served—belated, but undeniable.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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