A Birmingham man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced that Daymon Maurice Collins, 52, received a sentence of 160 months from United States District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala.
Collins was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as possession with intent to distribute and distribution of both substances.
According to court documents, Collins sold methamphetamine and fentanyl during four separate controlled transactions in 2023 to a confidential source. Authorities discovered that Collins was working with others to threaten the individual he supplied drugs to and that person’s family. Following this discovery, Homeland Security Investigations and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency quickly moved to arrest Collins through a traffic stop.
During the investigation, agents searched several residences associated with Collins and seized over 6,000 grams of methamphetamine, 302 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of amphetamine, and 436 counterfeit fentanyl pills.
Others involved in the operation were also prosecuted. Kimberly Jackson, 51, from Thorsby, Alabama, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The authorities identified Collins as Jackson’s supplier.
Melvin Demarcus Jordan, 39, from Huntsville, Alabama, is set for sentencing on December 15, 2025. Jordan pleaded guilty to charges related to conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Collins was also identified as his supplier.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany T. Byrd handled the prosecution.
"This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion," according to officials. "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." Officials stated that special emphasis is placed on crimes involving children and removing violent criminal aliens from the country.
The Alabama HSTF includes agents from several federal agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration; Homeland Security Investigations; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Marshals Service; Internal Revenue Service; with prosecutions led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.
