BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–United States Attorney Beth Drake stated Friday that Rico Reid, a/k/a “Deuce”, age 41, of Berkeley County was sentenced in federal court yesterday in Charleston for (1) Using and Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime, (2) Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribute of Heroin, and (3) Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
Senior United States District Judge Patrick Michael Duffy, of Charleston, sentenced Reid to twenty years’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release,
Evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing established that in 2016 and 2017, agents conducted an undercover operation during which they made several purchases of firearms and heroin from Reid.
Reid was previously convicted of several crimes punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year and was therefore prohibited from carrying a firearm.
Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis stated, “With the assistance of the ATF and U.S. Attorney’s Office, a major player around the Goose Creek area in the gun and narcotics trade has been removed from society. This 20-year federal sentence should send a strong message to the criminal element.”
The case was investigated by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the assistance of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Emily Limehouse and Sean Kittrell of the Charleston office prosecuted the case.
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