Deaundrea C. Peal Sentenced to 240 Months for Methamphetamine Distribution in Georgia
Deaundrea C. Peal, a 30-year-old resident of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 240 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution network in the state. Peal was designated a Career Offender by the court based on his prior convictions for Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Possessing Controlled Substances in School; Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute; and Possessing Marijuana; on September 25, 2005, in the Superior Court of Ben Hill County, Georgia in case number 05CR-176; and Sale of Cocaine; Possessing Controlled Substances Near Schools; Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute; Trafficking In Cocaine; Trafficking in Ecstasy; Possession of Tools for The Commission of Crime on June 14, 2007, in the Superior Court of Ben Hill County, Georgia in case number 06CR-228.
The methamphetamine distribution network, which was dismantled in 2017, involved several individuals, including Peal, who were responsible for the sale and distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine in the Fitzgerald area. The network was led by Irvin Falcon, who was sentenced to serve 260 months in federal prison for his role in the distribution network. Falcon’s sentence is to run consecutive to a sentence he is currently serving in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections for a prior conviction for Burglary in the First Degree, to end in October 2025.
Deaundrea Peal’s sentence was imposed on January 30, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Leslie J. Abrams in Albany, Georgia.
Peal was one of five defendants who pleaded guilty to possessing, distributing or conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine. The other defendants included Dwayne Peal, Gwen Peal, Marisela Mier, and Rendell Townsend. Dwayne Peal, 36, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 24 months on probation. Gwen Peal, 58, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 60 months on probation. Marisela Mier, 27, of Douglas, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 48 months in federal prison. Rendell Townsend, 28, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison.
In addition to Peal’s sentence, the court also ordered him to serve a period of supervised release following his release from prison. The length of Peal’s supervised release was not specified in the court’s order.
The case against Peal and the other defendants was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.
The FBI and the GBI worked together to develop a confidential informant who could contact Irvin Falcon on a contraband cellular telephone and arrange to have methamphetamine delivered in the Fitzgerald area. The investigators arranged for multiple purchases of ounce and multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine through Falcon. Falcon arranged for others to deliver the drugs for him, including Deaundrea Peal, Marisela Mier, and Eujenio Falcon.
As a result of Deaundrea Peal’s sales of methamphetamine to an undercover agent, search warrants were authorized for a residence Deaundrea Peal shared with his brother, Dwayne Peal, and for the residence of Gwen Peal, their mother. At the residence shared by the brothers, agents located approximately 16 grams of marijuana in multiple balloon-covered suppository-shaped bindles in a container with sexual lubricant and a letter from an inmate addressed to Dwayne Peal. At Gwen Peal’s residence, agents located approximately twelve (12) ounces of methamphetamine inside two (2) cereal boxes in her refrigerator. Gwen Peal later admitted that she failed to tell the agents everything she knew about the methamphetamine stored at her residence.
Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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