Timothy Antonio Flanagan, a 38-year-old resident of Lancaster, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine. The sentencing was handed down by United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis.
According to investigators, Flanagan and others were involved in selling drugs that originated from a larger conspiracy operating out of Rock Hill. Authorities discovered that the group obtained cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and pills resembling 30 mg Oxycodone tablets. These pills were produced with fentanyl at various locations in the Rock Hill and Charlotte areas. Flanagan received supplies of cocaine which he then distributed.
Flanagan’s sentence includes 144 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. He is required to complete an existing federal sentence on unrelated charges before beginning this new term. Federal law does not allow parole.
The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF works to identify and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations using a coordinated approach among federal, state, and local agencies. More information about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
Multiple agencies contributed to the investigation, including the FBI Columbia Field Office, York County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS Criminal Investigation, Rock Hill Police Department, York County Sheriff’s Office, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, and the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Assistant U.S. Attorney William K. Witherspoon prosecuted the case.
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