Robeson County Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to More Than 17 Years Imprisonment

 NEW BERN, N.C. – A Pembroke man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for cocaine distribution.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, an investigation revealed that John Caulder, Jr., 38, had conspired with other Robeson County area individuals to distribute over one hundred kilograms of cocaine from 2014 through May of 2019.  On May 1, 2019, law enforcement concluded the investigation by executing a search warrant at Caulder’s Pembroke residence.  During the search, investigators located cocaine, crack, cash, and drug packaging material. 

G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Webb  prosecuted the case.