Columbus man sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for drug & gun crimes

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man known as "Philly" was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 130 months in prison for narcotics and firearms crimes.

Bernard Clark McMillon, 32, conspired to distribute and possessed with intent to distribute controlled substances, including 40 grams or more of fentanyl and five grams or more of methamphetamine. McMillon also possessed a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

According to court documents, from fall of 2022 through February 2023, McMillon and a co-defendant used a series of different houses in central Ohio to traffic fentanyl, crack cocaine and methamphetamine. Their stash houses included residences on South Terrace, Doren, Columbian, Floral and Springmont avenues and McCarley Drive West.

McMillon and the co-defendant took advantage of people with addictions who were using the defendants' residences to make drug sales on their behalf.

Law enforcement seized two pistols and a 12-gauge shotgun as part of this investigation.

A federal grand jury indicted McMillon in February 2023 and he pleaded guilty in June 2024.

Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Daryl McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF); and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Micheal H. Watson. Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin W. Kelley and Tyler Aagard are representing the United States in this case.

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