Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced in Federal Court

United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Dylan Kenneth Cox, 24, of Daphne, Alabama, was sentenced this morning in federal court on drug and gun charges.  Cox pled guilty to the two charges-- using, carrying and possessing a firearm in furtherance of or in relation to a drug trafficking felony, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax) – during July of 2019. 

United States District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock imposed a sentence of one day on the marijuana count, which had resulted in an advisory guideline range of 0 to 6 months imprisonment.  On the gun count, Judge Beaverstock imposed a sentence of 60 months, and ordered that it run consecutive to the one-day sentence for the drug charge.  The judge also ordered that Cox will serve a total of five years on supervised release following his incarceration, during which he will receive mental health and drug abuse treatment.  No fine was imposed, but the judge ordered that the defendant pay the special mandatory assessments of $200.  

  The case was investigated by the Daphne Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria Bedwell.