Court Sentences Mobile Man to 148 Months Imprisonment in Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking and Gun Crime

MOBILE, AL – On December 18, 2023, United States Chief District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Shunn Lashun Sylvester, aka, “ATL” to 148 months imprisonment for methamphetamine trafficking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of his methamphetamine trafficking.   

Documents filed with the Court in connection with his guilty plea established that on in January 2022 law enforcement arrested Sylvester after an undercover operation in which Sylvester was caught attempting to deliver 115 grams of methamphetamine in a vehicle. Sylvester also had a loaded Rossi .357 magnum handgun in the vehicle with him. 

Court documents established that since January 2019 Sylvester had conspired with at least eight other named individuals to distribute methamphetamine. All of these co-conspirators were previously prosecuted on federal drug charges. Sylvester primarily served as a seller and a broker to various persons in Mobile County where Sylvester would sell directly to the buyers or broker transactions between the buyer and three different methamphetamine dealers located in the Moss Point, Mississippi area.

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Mobile County Sherriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney George F. May.