South Carolina Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Crack Cocaine Trafficking

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Drain Maurice Mazone, 54, of Irmo, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for his role in a crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

Mazone, along with co-defendant Clinton Raymond Donaldson, 42, of Columbia, was involved in a drug conspiracy that began in Arizona. Drugs were purchased in Arizona and shipped to Mazone, who distributed them to local customers. Donaldson provided local addresses for packages to be shipped and helped distribute the contraband.

According to evidence obtained during the investigation, proceeds from the drug sales were sent back to the distributor in Arizona. Packages of drugs were shipped to various locations in South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, and Florida.

United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sentenced Mazone to 156 months’ imprisonment, followed by a five-year term of court-ordered supervision. Donaldson was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of supervision for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana.

There is no parole in the federal system. This operation is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation, which identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers and transnational criminal organizations.

Assistant U.S. Attorney William K. Witherspoon is prosecuting the case. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case.

The OCDETF program uses a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach to leverage the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

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