CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A Conway man will spend the next 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug and gun charges, according to the solicitor’s office.
A press release from the Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson says Joseph Lavern Smith, 39, of Conway, pleaded guilty in court Thursday to trafficking heroin, trafficking cocaine and unlawful carrying of a pistol.
Smith was sentenced to serve 13 years in prison.
“The Solicitor’s Office extends special thanks to the Horry County Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit for their efforts in bringing this defendant to justice,” said David P. Caraker, Jr., the senior assistant solicitor who prosecuted the case for the 15th Circuit Solicitor Office.
