Irvington Man Convicted of Trafficking Methamphetamine in Alabama

A federal jury convicted an Irvington, Alabama man of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it.

Vincent Vo Tran, 26, was arrested in May 2021 after one of his coconspirators led sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase that ended at Tran’s trailer on Two Mile Court in Irvington.

During a search of the trailer, deputies recovered a cache of guns and ammunition, including a Draco AK-style pistol found sitting underneath a digital scale covered in methamphetamine residue. Deputies arrested Tran on various state charges relating to drugs and stolen property found at his trailer.

The jury reviewed recorded calls and emails that Tran later sent from Mobile County Metro Jail in which he admitted, among other things, that (i) the guns seized from his trailer were his; (ii) he had hidden evidence before deputies searched his trailer; and (iii) he possessed “dope” inside the jail.

Tran was released from jail after pleading guilty to several felony charges in September 2021. Later, in November 2021, sheriff’s deputies executed another search warrant at a house that Tran shared with his girlfriend and coconspirator on Azalea Road in Mobile.

Deputies found large amounts of drugs and drug paraphernalia, including eight separate baggies containing a total of more than half a pound of 99.2% pure methamphetamine. Tran’s crimes carry potential sentences of ten years to life in prison.

He will be sentenced by United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose in August 2022.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Justin Roller and Lawrence Bullard are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Defendant Information:

Defendant: Vincent Vo Tran

Criminal Charges: Conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it

City and State: Irvington, Alabama

Arrest Date: May 2021

Sentence: Potential sentence of ten years to life in prison

Sentence Date: August 2022

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