Judge sentences meth trafficker to prison

News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C.
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Nov. 7—CHARLOTTE — Another member of a methamphetamine ring responsible for trafficking the drug into Caldwell County was sentenced to prison Monday, Nov. 7.

Jonathan Corey Daniel, 33, of Monroe, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In July 2021, Daniel pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and aiding and abetting.

According to filed court documents and statements made in court, Daniel was a supplier with a drug ring that trafficked methamphetamine from Georgia into Western North Carolina.

From 2018 to April 2019, while Daniel was incarcerated in Georgia, he arranged the distribution of large amounts of methamphetamine to a drug network that distributed methamphetamine in Catawba, Lincoln, Caldwell, and Alexander counties and elsewhere. Court records show that Daniel used a contraband cellphone to communicate with his co-conspirators and to coordinate the drug distribution. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized narcotics, at least 23 firearms, and more than $250,000 in drug proceeds.

Thirteen defendants were previously sentenced for their involvement:

—Michael James Notheisen, 36, of Vale, was sentenced to 240 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—James Kristoffer Cantley, 40, of Newton, was sentenced to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Tiffany Christmas Hirani, 35, of Monroe, Georgia, was sentenced to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Aaron Douglas Goodson, 32, of Lincolnton, was sentenced to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Brian Duane Martz, 43, was sentenced to 191 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Priscilla Chapman Lambert, 36, of Hickory, was sentenced to 151 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Thomas Dewayne Simmons, Jr., 36, of Monroe, Georgia, was sentenced to 150 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Ruth Marie Duggar, 39, of Claremont, was sentenced to 132 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Lowell Thomas Messer, 45, of Newton, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Samantha Jean Taylor, 27, of Newton, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

—Kimberly Deann Bumgarner, 58, of Granite Falls, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and two years of supervised release.

—Cynthia Roxanne Shook, 37, of Conover, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and two years of supervised release.

—Jason Keith Reichard, 40, of Ridgecrest, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release.