Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Thirteen Years in Prison

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Birmingham man has been sentenced for drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.

United States District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala sentenced Daymon Maurice Collins, 52, of Birmingham, Alabama, to 160 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl.

According to the plea agreement, during four separate controlled drug transactions in 2023, Collins sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to a confidential source. After Homeland Security Investigations and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency discovered that Collins was working with others to threaten the person that he supplied narcotics to and that person’s family, law enforcement immediately prepared to arrest Collins. Shortly after, agents conducted a traffic stop and took Collins into custody. In connection with the investigation, agents also searched several residences where Collins was known to reside. At these residences, agents seized over 6,000 grams of methamphetamine, 302 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of amphetamine, and 436 counterfeit fentanyl pills.

Other individuals involved with Collins were also prosecuted in the investigation. Kimberly Jackson, 51, of Thorsby, Alabama, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120 months for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Collins was the source of supply for Jackson, who was engaged in selling methamphetamine.

Melvin Demarcus Jordan, 39, of Huntsville, Alabama, is scheduled to be sentenced on December 15, 2025.  Jordan pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.  Collins was the source of supply for Jordan, who was engaged in selling fentanyl.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany T. Byrd prosecuted the case. 

This case 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 comprises agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, and the Internal Revenue Service, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.