United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Erik Gammons, 42, of Marianna, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, August 8, 2025, to Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing Methamphetamine and 500 Grams or More of Cocaine. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “Methamphetamine addiction destroys lives and ravages communities throughout North Florida, but this trafficker’s days of distributing this poison are over. My office is committed to fulfilling the promise of President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America by aggressively pursuing and prosecuting drug traffickers, and I deeply appreciate the outstanding work of our federal and state law enforcement partners to keep deadly drugs off our streets.”

Court documents reflect that on May 5, 2025, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in Marianna--also called a City of Southern Charm. Gammons was an occupant of the vehicle. Law enforcement located approximately 1,798 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 568 grams of cocaine in the vehicle, as well as other items indicative of Gammons’ intent to distribute the narcotics.

Gammons faces up to life imprisonment, and a lifetime term of supervision upon release.  

The case involved a joint investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement administration. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jessica S. Etherton and Eric W. Welch.

Sentencing is scheduled for October 23, 2025, at 3:00 pm at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee before United States District Judge Mark Walker. 

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).