Warner Robins man sentenced to 40 years in major drug trafficking case

The Houston County District Attorney's Office says Nicholas Durham possessed "nearly every illegal drug known to man".

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Warner Robins man has been sentenced to 40 years, with 15 to serve in prison, after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine and multiple other drug and firearm offenses, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office.

58-year-old Nicholas Cortez Durham pleaded guilty on October 27, just before his trial was scheduled to begin. His charges included trafficking cocaine and possession of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and several prescription medications with intent to distribute. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Durham was fined $200,000 as part of his sentence.

At the time of the offenses, Durham had three prior felony drug convictions, two involving possession with intent to distribute.

The Warner Robins Police Department’s Narcotics Intelligence Unit began investigating Durham in June 2024. Investigators conducted multiple controlled buys before obtaining search warrants for Durham’s home on Kinley Ann Court and a storage unit on Russell Parkway. The warrants were executed on September 12, 2024.

During the searches, investigators found more than 150 grams of fentanyl, over 60 grams of cocaine, more than 100 grams of methamphetamine, more than 16 grams of heroin, more than 700 grams of marijuana, hundreds of prescription pills, two firearms, drug packaging materials, scales, and more than $5,000 in cash.

Senior Assistant District Attorney Mike Smith of the Houston Circuit District Attorney’s Office released the following statement:

“The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank the dedication of the Warner Robins Police Department Narcotics Intelligence Unit for their heroic efforts in working together to bring down a career criminal that has peddled poison in our community. We would like to especially highlight Investigators Bobby Stone and Joshua Dokes’ endeavors in this successful prosecution.”

District Attorney Eric Edwards released the following statement:

“Nicholas Durham was not someone dabbling in drugs — he was a career trafficker pumping some of the most dangerous substances on earth into our community. Fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine — this was a one-man pharmacy of poison operating out of a neighborhood in Warner Robins, and he did it while armed and already a convicted felon. Thanks to the outstanding, coordinated work of the Warner Robins Police Department’s Narcotics Intelligence Unit, this defendant will spend many years in prison instead of endangering families in Houston County. Our office will continue to hold traffickers accountable and protect our community from those who profit off addiction, death, and despair.”