Attorney General Alan Wilson announces Nicholas Gracely convicted after jury trial in the South Carolina State Grand Jury “Las Señoritas” investigation

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that a Greenville County jury convicted Nicholas Gracely in the “Las Señoritas” investigation on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. 

Gracely was convicted of Trafficking Methamphetamine, 400 Grams or More; Trafficking Methamphetamine, 200 Grams or More, But Less Than 400 Grams; Manufacturing Methamphetamine; Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime (x2); and Unlawful Conduct Towards a Child.  

Gracely was a co-conspirator who was receiving methamphetamine directly from Nicole Burns, a “Señorita” who had fled to Mexico and was still coordinating methamphetamine being delivered and distributed in Greenville County. Burns pleaded guilty on June 24, 2024, before the start of her jury trial in the connected investigation “Prison Empire.”  She was sentenced to a 55-year sentence.

The facts of the case showed that law enforcement executed a search warrant on May 3, 2022, at Gracely’s apartment where his wife and three-month-old daughter were also living. Approximately 2,603 grams of methamphetamine was located with a disassembled meth lab in the garage. Approximately 291 grams of methamphetamine was located in a box in the kitchen of the apartment. Gracely confessed to being involved in the conspiracy.

Judge R.S. Sprouse sentenced Gracely to a total sentence of 28 years in prison.  

The case was investigated by the South Carolina State Grand Jury and prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Savanna Goude. The State Grand Jury was assisted in this case by a partnership of the Attorney General’s State Grand Jury Division, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s office, the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Office of the Inspector General, the Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit, Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, Laurens County Sheriff’s Department, Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Pickens County Sheriff’s  Office, Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, Clemson Police Department, Easley Police Department, and Traveler’s Rest Police Department. State Grand Jury Division Chief Attorney S. Creighton Waters thanked all the agencies for their hard work in the case.