Eight Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in an East Alabama Drug Distribution Conspiracy

Montgomery, Alabama – Today, Acting United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross announced the sentences of eight individuals for distributing methamphetamine in the Phenix City, Alabama, area. This concludes a series of federal sentencings that resulted from a drug trafficking investigation that began in 2020 and covered east Alabama and west Georgia.

The following provides more detail about the various defendants convicted and the sentences imposed.

• On January 8, 2024, Kahlia Nichelle Washington, 27, from Phenix City, Alabama, received a sentence of 18 months in prison for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute after her July 11, 2023 conviction at trial.

• On December 27, 2023, Xavier Toombs, 35, also a resident of Phenix City, received a sentence of 60 months in prison for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Toombs pleaded guilty to the charge on June 22, 2023.

• On December 1, 2023, 38-year-old Andre Tremayne Franklin, from Columbus, Georgia, received a sentence of 320 months in prison. Previously, on July 11, 2023, a jury found Franklin guilty of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug.

• On November 11, 2023, Justin Garrett, 31, also from Columbus, received a 204-month sentence for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Garrett pleaded guilty to the charge on June 22, 2023.

• On October 25, 2023, 34-year-old Khourtney Jakeith Brown, another resident of Phenix City, received a prison sentence of 262 months for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Khourtney Brown pleaded guilty to that charge on June 28, 2023.

• On October 6, 2023, Ryan Brown, 33, also from of Phenix City, received a sentence of 37 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Ryan Brown pleaded guilty on June 22, 2023.

• On October 6, 2023, 34-year-old Lorenzo Miles, another resident of Columbus, received a sentence of 87 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute after pleading guilty to the charge on June 27, 2023.

• On June 23, 2023, Torrez Jenkins, 28, a resident of Jonesboro, Georgia, received a 64-month prison sentence for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He pleaded guilty to the charge on March 6, 2023.

These cases resulted from a partnership among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement to develop effective, locally based strategies to reduce drug trafficking and violent crime, making our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Abbeville Police Department, the Auburn Police Division, the Eufaula Police Department, the Phenix City Police Department, and the Russell County Sheriff’s Office investigated these cases, with assistance from the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Alabama National Guard Counterdrug Program, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, the Millbrook Police Department, the Montgomery Police Department, the Prattville Police Department, the United States Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, and the Muscogee County, Georgia Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin P. Davidson and Brett J. Talley prosecuted the cases.