LIBERTY — United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced on Thurday that 44-year-old Jevon Chrzanowski of Liberty has been sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.

United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, sentenced Chrzanowski to 180 months (15 years) in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of court-ordered supervision.

There is no parole in the federal system.

Evidence presented to the court established that the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a search warrant at Chrzanowski’s residence and located a 16 gauge shotgun, a .380 caliber pistol, a 12 gauge shotgun, over 50 grams of methamphetamine, $2,400 and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

The case was investigated by Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, SLED, DEA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state and local “Project CeaseFire” initiative, which aggressively prosecutes firearm cases.

Project CeaseFire is South Carolina’s implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.

PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime.

Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

Assistant United States Attorney Jamie Lea Schoen of the Charleston office prosecuted the case.

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Staff report