United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A Mississippi man has been convicted for his involvement in a drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr.

The jury returned a guilty verdict against Jabreon Deshon Mosley, 35, after 2 days of testimony before U.S. District Judge Edmund G. LaCour, Jr.  Mosley was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and use of a communication facility (i.e., telephone) to commit a drug-trafficking crime.

According to evidence presented at trial, Mosley, who lived in Meridian, Mississippi, worked with co-conspirators from the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas, including Hanston Clark, who provided him powder fentanyl and methamphetamine.  Mosely would press the powders into pill form for distribution in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas. During a search warrant, Mosley was found in possession of over 65,000 pressed pills, many of which resembled prescription drugs or candy but, in fact, contained fentanyl or methamphetamine. Mosley also possessed two pill presses which he used to convert the powder into pills, along with several dies used to create counterfeit pills and disguise their true nature. Evidence at trial also showed that agents intercepted Mosley and Clark discussing their drug operation over a court-authorized wiretap on multiple occasions.

Hanston Alexander Clark, aka “Hank”, 34, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.  The court sentenced Clark to 121 months in prison.

“This conviction sends a clear message that those who manufacture and distribute counterfeit pills laced with dangerous drugs will be held accountable. The drugs fuel addiction, devastate families, and too often result in tragic loss of life,” said U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. “I commend the dedicated collaboration of our law enforcement partners in Alabama and Mississippi in bringing these defendants to justice.” 

“Counterfeit fentanyl pills are poison in disguise.  Thanks to the dedicated work and coordination of our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, the perpetrators were brought to justice, and more than 65,000 of these pills were seized before they could wreak havoc on our Birmingham and Tuscaloosa communities,” said Assistant United States Attorney Allison Garnett. 

“The manufacture of counterfeit pills disguised as legitimate prescription medication or candy is a direct threat to our communities,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott, New Orleans Field Division. “This individual’s operation was built on deception and greed. He was willing to flood our streets with lethal doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine. By dismantling this organization and seizing over 65,000 pressed pills, the DEA and our Homeland Security Task Force partners have undoubtedly saved lives in Alabama and Mississippi. We remain relentless in our mission to pursue and prosecute those who traffic in this poison.”

This operation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human-smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The Alabama HSTF comprises agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service (USMS), and the Internal Revenue Service.  In the Northern District of Alabama, prosecutions are led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

The DEA investigated the case, with assistance from the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force; the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Tuscaloosa Police Department; the United States Secret Service; and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allison J. Garnett, Ryan S. Rummage, and Brittany T. Byrd are prosecuting the case.