Eatonton drug dealer sentenced to 30 years

  • Richie S. Burke
    Richie S. Burke
  • Law enforcement seized four pounds of marijuana and half a kilo of cocaine along with $52,000 in the August 2022 arrest of Richie Burke. CONTRIBUTED
    Law enforcement seized four pounds of marijuana and half a kilo of cocaine along with $52,000 in the August 2022 arrest of Richie Burke. CONTRIBUTED
    A man who was arrested last year for selling drugs out of his vehicle in downtown Eatonton will spend basically the rest of his life in prison. Richie Solomon Burke, 51, formerly of Stribling Street, Eatonton, was sentenced by Chief Judge Brenda H. Trammell to 30 years, with 25 of those to be served behind bars and the remaining five on probation. He pled guilty on Aug. 15 to possessi...

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