Court Sentences Mobile Man to 105 Months in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

MOBILE, AL – On February 18, 2025, United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Sheldon Terrell Peters to 105 months imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. The sentence was comprised of 75 months for the charged offense of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine and 30 months for Peters’ violation of his supervised release conditions from a a 2017 federal conviction for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

Documents filed with the Court established that between September and October 2022 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Violent Crimes Task Force used an undercover informant to make three separate controlled buys of 47.5 grams of crack cocaine, 46.3 grams of crack cocaine, and 105.6 grams of crack cocaine from Peters at his home in Mobile.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mobile County Sherriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney George F. May.