A Birmingham man has been sentenced to more than thirteen years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced that Daymon Maurice Collins, 52, received a 160-month sentence from United States District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala.
Collins was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as possession with intent to distribute and distribution of both substances. According to the plea agreement, Collins sold methamphetamine and fentanyl during four separate controlled transactions in 2023 to a confidential source.
Authorities from Homeland Security Investigations and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency discovered that Collins was collaborating with others to threaten the individual he supplied drugs to, as well as that person’s family. Law enforcement arrested Collins following a traffic stop and searched several residences associated with him. Agents seized over 6,000 grams of methamphetamine, 302 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of amphetamine, and 436 counterfeit fentanyl pills from these locations.
Other individuals connected to the case have also faced prosecution. Kimberly Jackson, 51, of Thorsby, Alabama, pleaded guilty and received a ten-year sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Collins supplied Jackson with drugs for sale.
Melvin Demarcus Jordan, 39, of Huntsville, Alabama, is scheduled for sentencing on December 15, 2025. Jordan pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl; he also obtained his supply from Collins.
The investigation involved Homeland Security Investigations along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany T. Byrd prosecuted the case.
This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative created by Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF brings together multiple agencies—including agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service—under the leadership of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.
