FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – Two gang members from Horry County were sentenced to several years in prison Wednesday morning.
According to a press release from the office of United States Attorney Beth Drake, two United Blood Nation gang members were sentenced in federal court in Florence for their participation in drug and firearm conspiracies.
Spencer Johnson, of Longs, and Frank Truitt, of Myrtle Beach, both 27, were sentenced to 7 years and 3 months imprisonment and 5 years and 11 months imprisonment, respectively.
Johnson and Truitt were members of the Billies East Side Bloods, a local set of the United Blood Nation, operating in the Florence and Myrtle Beach areas of South Carolina. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy Moorman, Johnson was a high-ranking gang member who was principally responsible for transporting to New York firearms stolen and/or unlawfully possessed by gang members, including Truitt. Once in New York, Johnson would purchase heroin and return with it to South Carolina. Johnson, Truitt, and other gang members would then sell the heroin in South Carolina.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI, the DEA, the Horry County Sheriff’s Office, the Horry County Police Department, the Myrtle Beach Police Department, the North Myrtle Beach Police Department, the 15th Circuit’s Drug Enforcement Unit, and the Georgetown Police Department.
