Member Of Darrin Southall Drug Organization Sentenced In Federal Court

MOBILE, AL –A member of Darrin Southall’s drug trafficking organization was sentenced in federal court on September 25, 2025.  Henderson Pippins, 45, a resident of Mobile, was sentenced to 197 months in federal prison on the charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.  According to court documents, Southall ran a continuing criminal enterprise involving the distribution of massive amounts of controlled substances in the Mobile, Alabama, area, and the laundering of drug proceeds through bank accounts and nominees.  Court documents also establish that Pippins’ role in the conspiracy was as a kilogram-level distributor of the drugs in the Mobile area.  On February 18, 2022, Southall was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison on his guilty plea to conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, drug distribution and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds.

United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer imposed the 197-month sentence in Pippins’ case and further ordered that Pippins serve five years on supervised release following his imprisonment.  As conditions of Pippins’ supervision, he will also undergo testing and treatment for drug and/or alcohol abuse, and he will be subject to a search of his person and premises upon reasonable suspicion. No fine was imposed but the judge ordered that Pippins pay $200 in special assessments.

The case was investigated by the Mobile Police Department, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Saraland Police Department, the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Gloria Bedwell prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.