Georgia man sentenced to 23 years in prison for meth gave heroin and fentanyl to pregnant girlfriend – WSB-TV Channel 2

Lina PortmanMay 26, 2024

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LEE COUNTY, Ga. — A southwest Georgia man was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for providing methamphetamine and fentanyl to his community, including to a woman who had recently given birth to his child.

Brian Chadwick Jeffcoat, 40, of Leesburg, was sentenced May 23.

According to court documents, Jeffcoat was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and was released on November 2, 2022, to serve federal supervised release.

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He was also on probation for another drug conviction.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) received information in April 2023 that Jeffcoat continued to sell drugs in the Leesburg area.

Police suspected Jeffcoat of also supplying fentanyl and heroin to his pregnant girlfriend after a concerned citizen tipped them off.

On November 5, 2023, two days after his girlfriend gave birth to their child, officers contacted Jeffcoat at an Albany motel where they were staying.

He told police he had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his car and was on his way to meet a client.

Officers found three bags of methamphetamine, a bag of fentanyl, a digital scale and a clear glass pipe in his car.

His girlfriend told police their baby was in the neonatal intensive care unit and that she had used heroin and fentanyl hours earlier.

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