ATLANTA - A Cherokee County man who sold methamphetamine and ran a moonshine still while stockpiling explosives and more than 150 firearms has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.

What we know:

Michael Ferrell Price, also known as "Cheese," was sentenced Aug. 21 to 87 months behind bars followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg announced. Price, 68, of Ball Ground, pleaded guilty in May to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user.

The investigation began in September 2024, when agents with the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad suspected Price was trafficking methamphetamine from his 90-year-old mother’s home in eastern Cherokee County. On Oct. 22, 2024,

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