Tag: Alabama
Darrie Dewayne Ziegler, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Darrie Dewayne Ziegler, a 32-year-old convicted felon from Birmingham, Alabama, was caught with a stolen 9mm pistol, marijuana, and ammunition at the Budgetel Inn and Suites in Fairfield in August 2024. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Birmingham Police Department received a tip about Ziegler’s activities,…
Isaiah Ke’Juan Merritt, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute, Alabama 2024
⏱ 2 min read Isaiah Ke’Juan Merritt, a 27-year-old from Talladega, Alabama, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Merritt, a three-time federal defendant, pleaded guilty to the crime in February. The sentence comes after a long history of run-ins with the law, including a previous…
Carlton Lenard Adams, Dog Fighting and Firearms Charges, Alabama 2023
⏱ 2 min read Carlton Lenard Adams, a resident of Bessemer and Adger, Alabama, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in a large-scale dog fighting operation. The 78 dogs rescued from his properties marked the second-largest rescue in a federal dog fighting case. Adams pleaded guilty in January to four…
Aylesha Maria Allen, Tax Fraud, Alabama 2026
⏱ 3 min read Aylesha Maria Allen, a 42-year-old Mobile woman, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for filing at least 21 false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss of $371,412. The scheme involved fraudulent Sick and Family Leave Credits related to the COVID-19 pandemic, false Schedule C…
Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jabreon Deshon Mosley, a 35-year-old from Meridian, Mississippi, has been convicted of running a massive drug trafficking operation in Alabama. Mosley worked with co-conspirators from the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas to distribute counterfeit fentanyl pills. The operation involved pressing powder fentanyl and methamphetamine into pill form, which resembled prescription drugs or…
New Life Center for Change, Inc. and Alfonza Smith, False Claims, Alabama 2026
Alabama Provider Pays $300,000 to Resolve False Claims as Part of 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown Phenix City, AL – In a shocking revelation, New Life Center for Change, Inc., doing business as Teen University, and its owner, Alfonza Smith, 72, of Smiths Station, Alabama, have agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that…
Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills, Alabama 2026
Tuscaloosa Man Convicted of Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Conspiracy A Mississippi man has been convicted for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. Jabreon Deshon Mosley, 35, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and use of a communication facility to commit a…
Johan Leandro Zapata-Valencia, Cocaine Trafficking, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Two Colombian nationals, Johan Leandro Zapata-Valencia and Christian Yesid Lugo-Beltran, both 26, were caught trafficking 21 kilograms of cocaine in Calera, Alabama, on February 6, 2025. The duo, who were in the US illegally, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and were sentenced to 57 months in prison.…
Robert Lee Ford Jr, Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Birmingham man, Robert Lee Ford Jr, has pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse material after a report of an assault on a 14-year-old girl led to his arrest. The incident occurred in January 2025, when a deputy from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Children’s of…
Dominique Jeremiah Pearson, Bank Robbery, Alabama 2024
⏱ 2 min read On December 13, 2024, a group of three men from Texas – Dominique Jeremiah Pearson, Onarri Bond, and Xavier Rashad Ross – used force to overpower technicians servicing a credit union ATM in Prattville, Alabama, making off with approximately $179,234 in cash. The violent heist left one technician injured after being…
