HORRY COUNTY, S.C.(WMBF) – Five men are heading to federal prison for their roles in a criminal conspiracy in Horry County.
Evidence presented in court showed that from 2018 to 2023, Joshua Rodriguez, Derrick Hooks and Christopher Brown were involved in trafficking pressed pills containing fentanyl in and around Horry County.
Rodriguez was identified as a high-level distributor who sold around 14 kilograms of fentanyl. Authorities said he also had guns and threatened to use violence against others…