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S.C. man sentenced to nearly 20 years for role in East Tennessee meth conspiracy

Leonard Wayne Mullinax, 49, said he supplied close to 9 pounds of methamphetamine. Officers said they also found 28 guns in his home.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A judge sentenced a South Carolina man to time in federal prison in an East Tennessee conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. 

Leonard Wayne Mullifax, 49, was sentenced to 235 months -- almost 20 years -- in federal prison Monday. Authorities say Mullifax was an out-of-state supplier for a larger East Tennessee conspiracy.

Officers searched Mullinax’s home in Gaffney, South Carolina and recovered roughly 2 pounds of methamphetamine, 28 guns, ammunition, a drug ledger, a vacuum sealer and other paraphernalia.

In his plea agreement, Mullifax he was accountable for at least 4 kilograms of methamphetamine -- close to 9 pounds. He also said he had been supplying co-defendant Edward Walters, 48, of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, for about a year. Edward Walters is currently pending sentencing. 

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Other defendants who have been previously sentenced to time in federal prison in this methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy include:

  • Jamie Nicole Wilson, 42, of Gaffney, South Carolina - sentenced to 16 years and 8 months
  • Jason Ronald Burchfield, 39, of Hawkins County, Tennessee - sentenced to 12 years and 5 months
  • Matthew Glenn Russell, 27, of Rogersville, Tennessee - sentenced to 11 years and 3 months
  • Amber Lynn Hall, 29, of Church Hill, Tennessee - sentenced to 11 years and 3 months
  • Jimmy Lee Gray, 37, of Surgoinsville, Tennessee - sentenced to 10 years
  • Michael James Walters, 46, of Bristol, Tennessee -  sentenced to 10 years

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