A Laurens man was released from the South Carolina Department of Corrections yesterday, but didn’t make it home. Clinton Public Safety had some warrants to present him with based on an undercover operation this past January. Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine, Distribution of Crack Cocaine and Distribution within Proximity of a School was 26-year-old Kashon Oneal Johnson of 207 Pridmore Street, Laurens, also known as “Shon” and “Gucci.”
Sgt. Shane Prather states that on January 17th, 2014 Kashon Oneal Johnson conspired with another individual to distribute crack cocaine, that he sold a quantity of crack cocaine to a confidential informant working in an undercover capacity and that the offense took place at Harold’s Trailer Park in Clinton, within a half mile of M.S. Bailey School. The alleged transaction was investigated by Detectives Goggins and Prather.
Cash or surety bonds on the three charges were set totaling $45,000.
Kashon Johnson was placed in the Johnson Detention Center last evening, where he remained today.