ANNISTON, Ala. – A Georgia man has been sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby.
U.S. District Court Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced Cornelius Jermine Vincent, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, to 180 months in prison. In April 2024, Vincent pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On January 10, 2021, a Heflin Police Officer was monitoring traffic on Interstate 20 in Heflin, Alabama. The officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failure to maintain a single lane. Vincent was the car’s driver. During the traffic stop, the officer smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. He asked Vincent to exit the vehicle. The officer searched Vincent and found a bag of marijuana, a bag of powder cocaine,19 ecstasy tablets, and a Springfield Armory Model 1911 .40 caliber handgun. Upon searching the vehicle, the officer found approximately one kilogram of methamphetamine. The officer also recovered from the car another ecstasy pill, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Vincent was travelling from Sandy Springs, Georgia, to Gadsden, Alabama, to deliver drugs to an unknown individual.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
The DEA investigated the case along with the Heflin Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany T. Byrd prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Northern District of Alabama — U.S. Department of Justice press release.