Seven-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced To 15 Years

MOBILE, AL –A resident of Irvington, Alabama, was sentenced on his third felony conviction in federal court this morning to 15 years imprisonment.  Voeruth Meas, 40, was sentenced on his two most recent federal charges, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, this morning.   According to court documents, Meas’ first conviction in federal court was for two separate charges, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and knowing possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.  On November 6, 2006, Means was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release.   After Meas was released from prison but while he was under supervised release, he was arrested again on three additional charges of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Drug User in Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.  Meas was pled guilty to those three charges and was sentenced on April 13, 2015, to 70 months imprisonment, consecutive to an 8-month sentence for the violation of his supervised release conditions. Additional supervised release was imposed to follow the total prison sentence of 78 months.  Meas was released again to supervision on April 5, 2021.

On August 11, 2021, an arrest warrant issued for Meas’ failure to comply with the terms of his supervision.  When he was arrested on that warrant, October 19, 2021, U.S. deputy marshals found him in possession of a Smith & Wesson 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, along with methamphetamine ice, marijuana, cocaine and a meth pipe.  Meas was arrested the last time on July 25, 2024, after an investigation by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office revealed that he had been selling methamphetamine in the parking lot of a motel on West I-65 Service Road in Mobile.  Deputies followed him as he drove away from that location and stopped his vehicle.  They found methamphetamine ice in the vehicle.  Meas was advised of his constitutional rights and admitted he was responsible for the distribution of approximately 168 grams of methamphetamine ice.  Meas pled guilty to the last two charges, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in May of 2025.

United States District Court Judge Kristi Dubose imposed the 15-year sentence in Meas’ case and further ordered that Meas serve ten years on supervised release following his imprisonment.  As conditions of Meas’ 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 Meas pay $200 in special assessments.  Judge Dubose also ordered the forfeiture of the firearm Meas illegally possessed in 2021.

The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Gloria Bedwell prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.