{"id":827,"date":"2026-06-01T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:08:24","slug":"woman-in-sc-prison-also-will-go-to-federal-prison-official-says-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"Woman in SC prison also will go to federal prison, official says. Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A Lexington County woman currently locked up in a South Carolina prison also will serve time in a federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=825\">Meet the candidates on Richland County Council\u2019s 2026 primary ballot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Although she\u2019s scheduled to be released from a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison on Aug. 17, Brittany Nicole Miles won\u2019t be going free. That\u2019s because the 37-year-old Lexington resident was recently sentenced to five years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said Monday in a news release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miles will go to federal prison for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Lexington County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the ATF used a confidential informant to buy methamphetamine and a firearm from Miles, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said. Miles agreed to sell approximately 2 ounces of meth and a gun to the informant, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miles directed the informant to meet her, and a co-defendant, at her public storage unit in West Columbia, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office said. At the meet. Miles provided the informant with 2 ounces of meth and a gun, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=824\">Meet the candidates on Richland County Council\u2019s 2026 primary ballot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson sentenced Miles to 60 months in federal prison, to be followed by a 5-year term of court-ordered supervision, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said. There is no parole in the federal system.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Assistant U.S. Attorney William Witherspoon prosecuted the case, according to the release. Attorney Lowell Bernstein was listed as Miles\u2019 lawyer, court records show.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>         BEHIND THE STORY     <\/h3>\n<p>             MORE          <\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>This is a breaking news story<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>In a breaking news situation, facts can be unclear and the situation may still be developing. 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