Press Release
Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty on Last Day of Trial
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama
BIRMIHGHAM, Ala. – A convicted felon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.
Eric Damone Wilson, 34, of Hoover, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Anna Manasco on the last day of trial testimony before the jury began deliberations. Wilson pled guilty to two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to evidence presented at trial and included in Wilson’s plea agreement, on two separate occasions in April 2022, Wilson distributed methamphetamine at a gas station in Birmingham and at his apartment in Hoover. Upon his arrest for those trafficking offenses, Wilson was found in possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl, digital scales, and a gun.
Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case, along with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorneys Allison Garnett and Brittany Byrd are prosecuting the case.
Updated September 25, 2024
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Firearms Offenses
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