Mississippi Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl Pills

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - A Mississippi man has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr.

U.S. District Judge Edmund G. LaCour sentenced Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Jr., 36, of Meridian, Mississippi, to 300 months in prison. Mosley was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and use of a communication facility (i.e., telephone) to commit a drug-trafficking crime.

According to evidence presented at trial, Mosley, who lived in Meridian, Mississippi, worked with co-conspirators from the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas, including Hanston Clark, who provided him powder fentanyl and methamphetamine that Mosely would press into pill form for distribution. Between August and October of 2023, agents intercepted Mosley and Clark discussing their drug operation several times over a judicially authorized wiretap of Clark's telephone. This supported law enforcement in Mississippi obtaining a search warrant for Mosley's home, where they recovered 36,056.76 grams of methamphetamine; 7,403.20 grams of cocaine; 18,601.53 grams of fentanyl; 13 firearms; a suppressor; body armor; and two pill presses.

Hanston Alexander Clark, aka "Hank", 34, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. The 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."

"Fentanyl pill pressing operations pose a lethal threat to our communities, manufacturing poison with zero regard for human life," said DEA Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott. "Through the unified strength of the Homeland Security Task Force and our state and local partners, we dismantled a major cross-border network and seized dangerous narcotics, pill presses, and weapons before they could do more harm. A 25-year sentence ensures this violent threat is removed from our streets."

This operation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human-smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The Alabama HSTF is comprised of agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service (USMS), and the Internal Revenue Service. In the Northern District of Alabama, prosecutions are led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

The DEA investigated the case, with assistance from the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Tuscaloosa Police Department, the United States Secret Service, and the Mississippi Attorney General's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allison J. Garnett, Ryan S. Rummage, and Brittany T. Byrd are prosecuting the case.