Whiteville, NC – Steven Thomas Luck, 47, from Asheboro was sentenced this week in Columbus
County Superior Court for Trafficking Heroin. Luck was sentenced to 225-282 months in the North
Carolina Department of Adult Corrections and given a $500,000 fine.
In the fall of 2020, agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations in cooperation
with the Whiteville Police Department and the FBI conducted controlled buys of illegal substances
between a source of information and Luck. On October 18, 2020, the North Carolina State Bureau of
Investigation arranged a purchase of eleven ounces of heroin and ten ounces of methamphetamine. In
cooperation with the NCSBI, the Whiteville Police Department attempted a traffic stop and Luck fled
from law enforcement in his vehicle and later, on foot. Law enforcement recovered a shoebox
containing a large quantity of heroin in the area where Luck fled. After a brief manhunt, Luck was taken
into custody. A search warrant was executed at Luck’s house in Asheboro and both heroin and methamphetamine were seized. At the time of his arrest, Luck was on federal probation for Unlawful Transport of Firearms.
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