TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal jury has convicted a Mississippi man for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced that 35-year-old Jabreon Deshon Mosley of Meridian, Mississippi, was found guilty after a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Edmund G. LaCour Jr.
Mosley was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and using a communication facility, including a telephone, to commit a drug trafficking crime.
According to evidence presented at trial, Mosley worked with co-conspirators in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, including Hanston Alexander Clark, who supplied him with powdered fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Prosecutors said Mosley used pill presses to manufacture counterfeit pills that resembled legitimate prescription medications or candy before distributing them throughout Alabama.
During the execution of a search warrant, investigators seized more than 65,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl or methamphetamine. Agents also recovered two pill presses and multiple dies used to manufacture the counterfeit pills.
Evidence presented during the trial included court-authorized wiretap recordings in which Mosley and Clark discussed their drug trafficking operation.
Clark, 34, of Tuscaloosa, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. He was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison.
“This conviction sends a clear message that those who manufacture and distribute counterfeit pills laced with dangerous drugs will be held accountable,” U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. said. “The drugs fuel addiction, devastate families, and too often result in tragic loss of life.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison Garnett said the seizure of the counterfeit pills likely prevented significant harm in Alabama communities.
“Counterfeit fentanyl pills are poison in disguise,” Garnett said. “More than 65,000 of these pills were seized before they could wreak havoc on our Birmingham and Tuscaloosa communities.”
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Tuscaloosa Police Department, U.S. Secret Service, and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office.
Sentencing for Mosley will be scheduled at a later date.