COLUMBIA, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd stated today that DARNELL MYERS, age 37, of Myrtle Beach, pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten accepted the plea, and will sentence Myers at a later date.

Myers, the former manager of The Gold Club and The Red Room club in Myrtle Beach, admitted buying and selling powder cocaine in the Horry and Georgetown County areas since the mid 1990's.

Due to his prior drug conviction, Myers faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment.

The case was investigated by the Horry County Police Department, Georgetown County Police Department, Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office, and agents of the DEA and FBI, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rose Mary Parham of the Florence office.