United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama

07/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/19/2024 13:23

Court Sentences Moss Point Woman Caught with Approximately Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine to 87 Months Imprisonment

Press Release

Court Sentences Moss Point Woman Caught with Approximately Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine to 87 Months Imprisonment

Friday, July 19, 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama

MOBILE, AL - On June 17, 2024, United States District Court Judge, Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Christian Ikenya Amir Lewis to 87 months imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 4 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Documents filed with the Court established that on January 22, 2020, officers with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force stopped a vehicle being by Lewis on Interstate 65 in Baldwin County. Pursuant to further investigation a canine gave a positive alert on the vehicle Lewis was driving. Inside the trunk of the vehicle officers found almost ten pounds of pure methamphetamine in a hidden compartment in a large speaker box.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys George F. May and John P. Hutchins III.

Updated July 19, 2024