NEWNAN, GA. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a Virginia man had entered a guilty plea to trafficking substantial amounts of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs through Georgia, and that his co-defendant had acknowledged to hiding a felony.
On September 18, 2023, police stopped Oscar Dominick Waters, 39, of Roanoke, Virginia, and Keisha Jackson-Murchison, 36, of Springfield, Massachusetts, for speeding on Interstate 85 in Grantville, Georgia. Court documents show that Waters, a convicted drug dealer, was in the passenger seat while Jackson-Murchison was behind the wheel.
Bags of marijuana were discovered by officers during the initial investigation of the vehicle. Jackson-Murchison escaped barefoot across three lanes of traffic with a duffel bag and backpack as police tried to apprehend Waters. She vanished into the surrounding woods, but a K-9 unit and Coweta County Sheriff’s officers found her. Nearly three kilograms of fentanyl, more than 2.5 kilograms of powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and extra marijuana were found in the bags. Jackson-Murchison was hired by Waters to carry him and the drugs to Alabama for distribution, investigators found.
On February 25, 2025, Waters and Jackson-Murchison will be sentenced in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. Jackson-Murchison is accused of felony concealment, while Waters risks severe punishment for cocaine trafficking.
Homeland Security Investigations, the Grantville Police Department, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection all looked into the case as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Theodore S. Hertzberg and Noah R. Schechtman are prosecuting it.
Federal officials stress their continued commitment to fighting the drug problem while highlighting the threats posed by trafficking in lethal substances like fentanyl.
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