Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced In Federal Court

United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jaquan Arkeem Hale, 25, of Mobile, was sentenced to 111 months in federal court this afternoon for his convictions on drug and gun offenses.  Hale pled guilty to two charges, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking felony, in March of this year.  Court documents show that Hale already had two prior convictions in state court for possession of marijuana in the first degree when he was arrested on the gun and drug offenses giving rise to the federal indictment.

United States District Court Judge Callie V. S. Granade pronounced the sentence in Hale’s case, which consisted of 51 months imprisonment on the drug count, to be followed by a consecutive sentence of 60 months on the gun count, for a total prison sentence of 111 months.  Judge Granade ordered that Hale serve a three-year term of supervised release when he completes his prison sentences, but she did not impose a fine.  She ordered that Hale pay $200 in special mandatory assessments. 

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office 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 A. Bedwell.