MOBILE, Alabama, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: Five members of a federal drug conspiracy were sentenced on September 6 in federal court. Eric Maurice Moseley, 37, of Grand Bay, Alabama; Hardy Devan Forrest, 35, also of Grand Bay; Markell Durrell Moore, 36, of Mobile; Zyshonne Osilk Smith, 25, of Grand Bay; and Bryan Dion Campbell, 30, of Mobile, each appeared before United States District Court Judge Kristi K.  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin P. Davidson announced the sentencing of a Montgomery, Alabama man for his role in a conspiracy to bring illegal drugs into a prison. On September 9, 2024, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old Henry Guice, Jr., a former correctional officer with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), to 75 months in prison. Feder  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: On September 9, 2024, a federal judge ordered that 30-year-old Teaira Nishara Robbins, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, receive a sentence of 87 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin P. Davidson. Following her prison sentence, Robbins will be on supervised release for three years. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-00327; S.D. Ala. filed Sept. 10, 2024) involving James O. Ward Jr.: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged James O. Ward, Jr., a Foley, Alabama resident, with defrauding investors by making numerous misrepresentations in selling investments in Apex Financial Institute Pvt. Ltd. ("Apex"), a private investment fund managed by Ward and his partners that raised at  more