Kelly McClain, Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, North Carolina 2013

Crack Cocaine Trafficking Plagues Maiden, N.C.

A recent sentencing has shed light on the ongoing issue of crack cocaine trafficking in Maiden, N.C. On Monday, June 10, 2013, U.S. District Judge Richard Voorhees sentenced Kelly McClain, 31, to 63 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in trafficking crack cocaine.

The investigation was led by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Maiden Police Department, after deputies found 109.4 grams of crack cocaine in McClain’s vehicle during a traffic stop on September 13, 2011.

According to official court documents, Kelly McClain admitted to possessing the 109.4 grams of crack cocaine and supplying cocaine to other distributors in the area. His guilty plea was entered in June 2012.

McClain has been in local federal custody in the Western District of North Carolina since his arrest in March of 2012. Upon designation of a federal facility, he will be transferred into custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.

U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins made the announcement, joined by Sheriff David M. Carpenter of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

The prosecution for the government was handled by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Elizabeth Comerford of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte.

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