SC man sentenced to prison time for flying drone over prison yard

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

COLUMBIA — A Sumter man will spend just over a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to flying a drone over a state prison yard, a federal judge decided Thursday. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel sentenced Quinzell Robinson, 47, to one year and one day after he pleaded guilty to operating an unregistered…

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