U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of Georgiawww.justice.gov/usao/gas For Immediate Release

June 17, 2010

Edward J. Tarver, United States Attorney
Contact: James D. Durham
First Assistant United States Attorney
(912) 201-2547

Last of 57 Defendants Sentenced on Federal Charges Arising From Undercover Investigation

STATESBORO, GA — MICHAEL HENDRIX, 33, from Statesboro, Georgia, was sentenced on Tuesday by Senior Judge B. Avant Edenfield to 8 years in prison and 6 years of supervised release on his cocaine and prescription drug trafficking conviction. HENDRIX’s sentencing marked the end of Operation “Statesboro Blues,â€