Ghostface Gangsters member from Forsyth sentenced to 30 years for prison-based meth trafficking
Donald Jason Miles led a meth operation from prison, helping move more than 50 kilograms in just two months.
ALBANY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Forsyth man and high-ranking member of the Ghostface Gangsters was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison for leading a methamphetamine trafficking operation from behind bars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.
The office says the Ghostface Gangsters is a criminal organization founded in the prison system.
39-year-old Donald Jason Miles, also known as “Crash” and “Cocho” pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in November 2024.
There is no parole in the federal system.
Two co-conspirators were sentenced earlier this year. 38-year-old Warren Frederick Courts, known as “Dirty,” of Marietta, was sentenced to 240 months in prison, and 34-year-old Keeli Nycole Wallace, of Covington, was sentenced to 40 months. Both pleaded guilty to the same charge in 2024.
“Prison gangs and drug cartels pose a direct threat to the safety of our citizens and will not be tolerated, U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes said. “Our office is working with law enforcement at every level to identify and bring to justice the most dangerous criminal offenders.”
According to court documents, undercover Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents conducted a drug bust on September 12, 2022, at a Motel 6 in Albany resulting from a larger investigation into drug trafficking from Georgia prisons. Investigators learned Courts, who was incarcerated at the time, had arranged a drug transaction and hired Wallace to move meth from a Mexico-based source near Atlanta to southwest Georgia.
Agents arrested Wallace in the parking lot and recovered about 1,400 grams of methamphetamine and multiple phones. Wallace admitted she had transported meth on 10 to 15 occasions at Miles’ direction. Investigators later determined both Miles and Courts were Ghostface Gangsters members and had funneled redistributors to the Mexico-based supplier. The conspiracy led to the distribution of at least 50 kilograms of methamphetamine in two months.
“The Ghostface Gangsters have systematically worked to flood the communities of Georgia with dangerous drugs,” GBI Director Chris Hosey said. “The brazenness of these gang members to continue their criminal acts even behind bars must be met with decisive action.”
Miles was incarcerated at Valdosta State Prison and Courts was in custody at Rutledge State Prison when the scheme happened.
On September 16, 2022, Georgia Department of Corrections officers recovered contraband phones from both men’s cells. Search warrants revealed communications between the co-defendants and their source.
At the time of the offense, Miles was serving time for convictions in Fulton, Gwinnett and Chatham counties, including armed robbery, aggravated assault, and multiple drug trafficking charges. Courts had most recently been convicted in Cobb County for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
