Washington County Man Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Federal Prison For Distribution Of Cocaine And Cocaine Base

Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Scotty Hagans, age 49, of Harrison, Georgia, was sentenced to serve thirteen years and four months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base  (crack cocaine).  The sentence was handed down on January 10, 2018, by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge in Macon. 

There is no parole in the federal system.

Mr. Hagans entered a plea of guilty on October 20, 2017, admitting to possessing with the intent to distribute both cocaine and cocaine base on May 6, 2016.  At his plea, the United States stated that had the case gone to trial, it could have proved that on May 6, 2016, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Mr. Hagans’ residence in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia.  Upon entering the residence, officers located Mr. Hagans and told him they were there to execute a search warrant and were looking for illegal drugs.  Mr. Hagans then told the officers that he would make it easy for them and stated the drugs were in the top right kitchen cabinet.  Officers thereafter located cocaine and cocaine base (commonly called crack cocaine) within a kitchen cabinet of Mr. Hagans’ residence. 

Mr. Hagans has several prior convictions involving the distribution of cocaine.  He was convicted of three counts of sale of cocaine on June 1, 1992, in Washington County, Georgia; one count of sale of cocaine on June 8, 1993, in Washington, County, Georgia; and one count of trafficking in cocaine on July 16, 2007, in Morgan County, Georgia.

“It is obvious from his record that the only thing that keeps Mr. Hagans from selling cocaine on the streets of our community is incarceration; fortunately, Judge Treadwell’s sentence today will do just that for more than a decade,” said United States Attorney Peeler.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Washington County Sheriff’s Office.  Assistant United States Attorney Beth Howard prosecuted the case for the United States. 

Questions concerning this case should be directed to Pamela Lightsey, Public Information Officer, United States Attorney’s Office, at (478) 621-2603.