LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Georgia man was sentenced to over two decades in prison after being convicted on drug trafficking charges in Lexington County.

The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said 39-year-old Vander Antonio Mingledolph was convicted of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine on Oct. 29. He was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.

He was originally arrested on April 26, 2024, after narcotics agents with the Lexington County and Richland County Sheriff’s Departments received a tip that led them to the Rodeway Inn on Piney Grove Road.

According to prosecutors, Mingledoph was staying at the hotel, and agents smelled marijuana coming from his room. More than 100 grams of methamphetamine and cocaine, over 200 grams of fentanyl and fentanyl mixtures and n

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