Meth Conspirator Sentenced In Federal Court

United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Thomas Jefferson Bentley, IV, 34, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his participation in conspiracies to manufacture methamphetamine and to possess a Schedule I chemical, pseudoephedrine, with knowledge it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance. Bentley pled guilty to the two charges in December of 2014.

United States District Court William H. Steele imposed a sentence of time served, which amounted to 20 months on each charge, and ordered that the sentences run concurrently. He also ordered that Bentley will commence a three-year term of supervised release when he is discharged from incarceration. As conditions of his supervision, Bentley will be subject to testing and treatment for drug abuse. Judge Steele also ordered that Bentley pay $200 in special mandatory assessments, but he did not impose a fine.

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria Bedwell.