Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105
United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned an Indictment against the following:
Ladson Man Indicted on Drug Charges. Robert Bryan Mansfield, age 60, of Ladson, South Carolina, was charged in a one-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1). The maximum penalty Mansfield could face is a fine of $10,000,000.00 and/or imprisonment for life. The case was investigated by ICE-Homeland Security Investigations, as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Postal Inspection Service, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office and Charleston County Sheriff’s Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nick Bianchi of the Charleston office.
The United States Attorney stated that all charges in this Indictment are merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
