Convicted Felon on State Probation Sentenced to 10 Years on Drug and Gun Charges

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Kuron Christopher Grant, 23, of Asheville, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm in Asheville, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Grant's 10-year sentence will run at the expiration of his North Carolina sentence for violating his state probation.

"I have no patience for those that are given a second chance and return to a life of crime," said U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson. "We cannot give people unlimited chances when it comes to selling drugs and guns-a dangerous combination. Mr. Grant will have another decade in federal prison to think about that."

According to filed documents and court proceedings, while Grant was on probation for 2024 state convictions of carrying a concealed gun, common law robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, law enforcement initiated an investigation into Grant for suspected drug trafficking in Buncombe County. Court records show that, between August and September 2025, on six occasions, Grant sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to law enforcement, as well as firearms, including a stolen AR rifle. On November 4, 2025, law enforcement arrested Grant and found in his backpack a short, barreled rifle fitted with an extended magazine. In total, according to court records, Grant was responsible for distributing more than 119 grams of pure methamphetamine and more than 181 grams of fentanyl and had illegally possessed three firearms.

Grant is in federal custody and will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the Asheville Police Department, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Hess of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Asheville prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.