Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced in Federal Court

United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Reginald Thomas Gulley, Jr. on October 12, 2018 to serve a term of imprisonment of 96 months followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Title 21 USC § 846.  The defendant previously plead guilty to the offense on February 21, 2018. 

Plea documents filed in the case established that on June 8, 2017, Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team (MCSENT) officers executed a search warrant for a motel room in Mobile County and recovered approximately 385 grams of methamphetamine, 19 grams of crack cocaine, digital scales, and a firearm, which were all co-located in a hiding spot in the room.  The drugs were packaged for sale. Gulley later confessed that the scales, drugs and firearm belonged to him and he admitted to buying the firearm off the street. 

On July 24, 2017 a confidential informant (CI) contacted the co-defendant Terry Demetrius Wilson to obtain methamphetamine from Wilson. The CI drove to Wilson’s home and picked him up and then the CI drove to a gas station. The defendant, Gulley, showed up at the gas station in another vehicle. Wilson then brought the CI’s money to Gulley, and retrieved methamphetamine from Gulley, (approximately 5 grams) and brought it to the CI. Wilson later took a “pinch” of the methamphetamine and asked the CI for $20.00 for brokering the deal.

On July 31, 2017, a CI met the co-defendant Dariese Dandrell Pierce and Pierce obtained 3.5 grams of methamphetamine from Gulley for the CI in a similar fashion as did Wilson. However on this occasion, after the first deal, Pierce and Gulley drove to a second location to obtain a second bag of 3.5 grams of methamphetamine and Pierce delivered the second bag of methamphetamine to the CI.

Wilson and Pierce previously plead guilty in federal court and were each previously sentenced. 

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team (MCSENT) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and referred to the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigation for prosecution. The case was prosecuted by Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDEFT) Lead Attorney, George F. May for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama.