Fayetteville Drug Dealer Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison
NEW BERN, NC (WWAY) — 36-year-old Donquel Caron McEachern of Fayetteville was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for selling cocaine and fentanyl throughout Cumberland County.
On June 18, 2026, McEachern pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl, over 1 pound of cocaine, 28 grams of crack cocaine, and marijuana.
He also admitted possessing 400 grams of fentanyl, over 1 pound of cocaine, and 28 grams of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, as well as possessing a gun to assist his drug selling.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, in 2023, law enforcement began investigating McEachern as a major drug supplier of fentanyl, cocaine, and other narcotics in Fayetteville.
That same year, officers twice found him in possession of cocaine and a firearm.
After those encounters, investigators determined that McEachern and members of his drug trafficking organization used Airbnb rentals as “trap houses” to store, prepare, package, and distribute drugs.
On November 6, 2024, investigators executed a search warrant at one of the Airbnb McEachern used.
Inside, they found approximately 5 pounds of cocaine, 2 pounds of fentanyl, 53 grams of crack cocaine, five guns, and body armor.
On May 1, 2025, law enforcement executed two additional search warrants at separate Airbnb rentals McEachern used for drug distribution and seized more guns, fentanyl, cocaine, and drug‑trafficking paraphernalia.
