Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

MOBILE, Ala. - Jakari Tywann Lewis, 38, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months imprisonment on the charge of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Lewis entered a guilty plea to the charge in October of 2012. Senior District Court Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr., imposed the sentence and ordered that Lewis serve a six year term of supervised release when he is released from the penitentiary. The judge also ordered that Lewis pay the special mandatory assessment of $100.

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security. It was prosecuted by Gloria Bedwell in the United States Attorney’s Office in Mobile.