LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — A man convicted by a Lexington County jury of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs will spend decades in prison.

The office of 11th Judicial Circuit Solicitor S.R. Hubbard III said on Friday that 39-year-old Vander Antonio Mingledolph will spend the next 25 years in a South Carolina prison following a judge's sentencing announcement.

Authorities stated that on April 26, 2024, the Lexington County and Richland County sheriff's departments were called to the Rodeway Inn on Piney Grove Road, where Mingedolph was staying. Prosecutors said that investigators confirmed Mingledolph, who was wanted in Georgia, was at the motel and was taken into custody.

Prosecutors said their investigation uncovered more than 100 grams of methamphetamine, 100 grams of cocaine, and over

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