21-04-2025
Upstate man sentenced for trafficking drugs laced with horse tranquilizer
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An Upstate man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl mixed with a powerful horse tranquilizer.
The 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office said 61-year-old David Allen Wallace, of Pickens, pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl, four grams or more, but less than 14 grams, first offense and was sentenced to 18 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
According to a release from the solicitor's office, an officer with the Easley Police Department found Wallace asleep behind the wheel of a car in a McDonalds' drive-thru in September of 2023.
Upon searching the vehicle, officers found roughly 13 grams of fentanyl and over $1,000 cash, according to a release. Reports state a lab analysis of the fentanyl tested positive for Xylazine, a horse tranquilizer known to cause overdoses that cannot be reversed with Narcan.
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