According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a man from Texas who was involved with the Darrin Southall drug distribution organization and facilitated the transportation of drugs from Texas to Mobile has been sentenced to prison.
Dewayne “Money” McDaniel, a 39-year-old individual, received a sentence of 105 months after admitting his guilt in July 2024 for conspiracy charges related to possessing cocaine with the intention to distribute it.
Court records revealed that McDaniel had meetings with couriers in Mobile who would travel to Houston to pay for Southall’s drug shipments and return to Mobile to distribute the drugs. The USDOJ news release highlighted this information.
According to the release, McDaniel was responsible for collecting and tallying the proceeds from drug sales. Additionally, he organized the transportation of the drugs from Houston to Mobile by concealing them in vehicles.
In February 2022, Southall admitted to running an ongoing criminal enterprise that engaged in the illicit distribution of drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, across various locations such as Mobile, Biloxi, Houston, and California.
Southall admitted his guilt in a federal court and was subsequently handed a 35-year prison sentence for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder drug proceeds and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Additionally, he was instructed to pay a hefty money judgment totaling $24,000,000.
According to a press release from the US Department of Justice, the individual will serve a prison sentence and will then be subject to 10 years of supervised release.