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United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated Tuesday afternoon that Spartanburg County Clerk of Court Marcus Woodrow Kitchens was arrested Tuesday in Spartanburg on federal drug conspiracy charges. In a federal Complaint signed Tuesday and unsealed Monday by United States Magistrate Judge Bruce H. Hendricks, Kitchens was charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine between April 2009 and January 2010, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 846.
The Complaint alleges that Kitchens conspired with Terry Glenn Lanford, a Spartanburg County resident who is a realtor in the Woodruff area.
An affidavit by a DEA Special Agent filed in support of the Complaint stated that Lanford was approached by Kitchens approximately one year ago to find a buyer for drugs taken from the Spartanburg County Courthouse Evidence Room. Lanford agreed, and then sold drugs provided to him by Kitchens to a Florida drug dealer last August. Unbeknownst to Kitchens or Lanford, the Florida man was a confidential source for the DEA. Agents in Florida and South Carolina worked with the Florida source to identify Lanford and ultimately Kitchens as the source of the drugs.
For the rest of the story, see this week’s Spartanburg County News.
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