Greenwood Man Will Serve Over 17 Years for Conspiracy Involving Over 6 Kilograms of Methamphetamine Shipped from U.S.-Mexico Border Town

OXFORD, MS – Timothy Terrell Robinson, 31, was sentenced today to over 17 years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine.

The investigation began when law enforcement seized three packages sent through the United States Mail to Robinson from an individual in San Luis, Arizona, a town along the U.S.-Mexico border. During a subsequent search, officers discovered the packages contained methamphetamine with 97% purity. In total, Robinson’s conduct involved over 6 kilograms of methamphetamine that arrived in Greenwood, Mississippi.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Robinson to 212 months imprisonment followed by a three-year term of supervised release for the offense. Robinson will be ineligible for federal benefits for five years.

“Our citizens should have the right to expect that defendants who traffic dangerous and highly addictive drugs into the Northern District of Mississippi will face time in federal prison,” said U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner. “Our office and our federal law enforcement partners at the Postal Inspection Service will continue to disrupt drug traffickers and reduce the harm they bring to our communities.”

“The Postal Service has no interest in being the unwitting accomplice to anyone using the U.S. Mail to distribute illegal drugs or other harmful substances,” said Shameka Jackson, Acting Postal Inspector in Charge of the Houston Division of the US Postal Inspection Service. “Postal inspectors will continue to work with our local and federal law enforcement partners to investigate and hold accountable those who misuse the U.S. Mail. We thank the members of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service, for partnering with us to bring this criminal to justice.”

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, Oxford, Mississippi Domicile. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Howell Addison prosecuted the case.