Mississippi man gets 25 years in prison for drug-trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A Mississippi man has been sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a drug conspiracy involving fentanyl pills, according to U.S. Attorney Phillip Williams Jr.

A federal judge sentenced 36-year-old Jabreon Deshon Mosley Jr. of Meridian to 300 months in prison.

Mosley Jr. was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and use of a communication facility to commit a drug-trafficking crime.

The Department of Justice said Mosley, who lived in Meridian, worked with co-conspirators from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa who provided him powder fentanyl and methamphetamine that Mosley would press into pill form for distribution.

Between August and October 2023, agents said they intercepted Mosley and 34-year-old Hanston Alexander Clark of Tuscaloosa discussing their drug operations several times over an authorized wiretap of Clark’s telephone.

That helped law enforcement in Mississippi obtain a search warrant for Mosley’s home, where they recovered more than 36,000 grams of meth, 7,400 grams of cocaine, 18,601 grams of fentanyl, 13 firearms, a suppressor, body armor, and two pill presses.

Authorities said Clark pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. The federal court sentenced Clark to 121 months in prison.

“This defendant distributed dangerous pills across Alabama and Mississippi, putting lives and communities at risk,” said U.S. Attorney Williams. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of the DEA, our Homeland Security Task Force, and our law enforcement partners in Mississippi, he has been held accountable and will spend the next 25 years in federal prison. This sentence sends a clear message, that if you deal drugs, we will find you, prosecute you, and hold you accountable.”

“This case is an outstanding example of cross-district coordination,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany T. Byrd. “The sharing of information from DEA in Birmingham with DEA in Mississippi and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics ultimately led to the seizure of this significant amount of narcotics that would have been put into the community in both the Northern District of Alabama and Southern District of Mississippi. Criminals work across borders, and our federal and state law enforcement partners will partner together to take down drug trafficking organizations working across state lines.”

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