All USAO Press Releases

MOBILE, AL – On April 29, 2025, United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Isaiah Lorenzo Bess, 28, to 33 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. 

MOBILE, AL – Michael Edward Terrell, age 46, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison after entering a guilty plea to a count of Attempted Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.  Terrell entered his guilty plea on January 30, 2025.

MOBILE, AL – A Honduran national was sentenced on April 21, 2025, for illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported. 

MOBILE, AL – On April 22, 2025, United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced John Rodney Weeks III to 180 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine. 

MOBILE, AL – On April 21, 2025, United States District Court Judge, Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Phyliss Joy Ferris of Wake Forrest, North Carolina, to 24 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine.

MOBILE, AL – A Honduran national was sentenced today for illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported. 

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile woman was sentenced to 180 months in prison for a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

MOBILE, AL – The United States Attorney’s Office commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 6-12, 2025, by participating in the Victim Vigil and Information Fair taking place at the Mobile Government Plaza Atrium on April 10 at 6:00 p.m. 

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile man was sentenced to 63 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.  

MOBILE, AL – A Dothan man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for six counts of wire fraud and two counts of interstate transportation of stolen goods. 

MOBILE, AL – Today, U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello announced criminal charges against seven defendants related to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme at the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Prichard (“Prichard Water Board”).  A federal grand jury in Mobile has returned a thirty-two count indictment against five individuals, while two people have already pleaded guilty and await sentencing. 

MOBILE, AL – Three defendants were sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in a deadly murder-for-hire conspiracy, among other crimes. Another defendant was sentenced to 84 months for interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle during a deadly carjacking attempt.