United States Attorney Leura G. Canary Middle District of Alabama

WETUMPKA METH DEALER SENTENCED TO 210 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT

DRUG DEALER ADMITS TO DISTRIBUTING
DANGEROUSLY PURE “ICE” METHAMPHETAMINE

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA-- United States Attorney Leura G. Canary announced that Tony Mitchell, 38, of Wetumpka, Alabama, was sentenced before Chief United States District Judge Mark Fuller to 210 months imprisonment, or 17.5 years.

Late last year, Mitchell pled guilty to federal narcotics violations before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Charles Coody. At the sentencing, Mitchell was ordered to surrender himself to a federal prison in June to begin serving his sentence.
According to the evidence, and Mitchell’s own admissions, in December 2005, Mitchell brought approximately six pounds of highly pure methamphetamine (Ice) into the Middle District of Alabama from Kansas City, Missouri. According to Mitchell, he planned to sell the Ice in the Wetumpka area. In addition, in mid-December 2005, Tony Mitchell distributed approximately four pounds of Ice to other suspected drug dealers in the Wetumpka area. Ice methamphetamine has a purity of over 80% and is considered to be extremely addictive and dangerous.

According to United States Attorney Canary, “Methamphetamine is a scourge on our community. Tony Mitchell brought large quantities of dangerously pure methamphetamine into the Middle District of Alabama. The severity of his crime is reflected in the length of his sentence. This drug dealer has no place in our community and will serve a considerable federal sentence without the possibility of parole.”

This case was investigated by the Millbrook Police Department, the Wetumpka Police Department, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Central Alabama Drug Task Force, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Verne H. Speirs.