Mobile County Meth Cook Sentenced In Federal Court

MOBILE, Ala. – Thomas McThaniel Turner, 31, of Wilmer, was sentenced today in federal court to a term of 59 months imprisonment for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.  Turner pled guilty to the charge in 2013 and has been held in federal custody pending the imposition of sentence.  United States District Court Judge Callie V. S. Granade imposed the sentence this morning and ordered that Turner undergo drug treatment while in prison and after his release on a four-year term of supervision, which will follow his imprisonment.  She did not impose a fine, but ordered that Turner pay the $100 special mandatory assessment.

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.