Court Sentences Mobile Man to 10 Years Imprisonment for Methamphetamine Trafficking with a Firearm

MOBILE, AL - On August 23, 2024, United States District Court Judge, Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Tymel Rashad Franklin to 120 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking.

Documents filed with the court established that on January 6, 2021, Mobile Police Department officers used a confidential informant to purchase approximately one ounce of methamphetamine from the defendant. When Franklin sold the methamphetamine to the informant, Franklin was armed with a Glock 32 handgun in his waistband. The defendant also had a digital scale with methamphetamine and marijuana residue on it in his pocket, and also had $2,649 in cash at the time. The defendant had been previously convicted of receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana first degree in 2015.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the City of Mobile Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney George F. May.