Alabama Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Trafficking Over 800 Grams of Methamphetamine
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama announced on November 12, 2026, that Phillip Trent Waldrop, 46, of Altoona, in Etowah County, Alabama, was sentenced to 228 months, or 19 years, in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking. Waldrop had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. U.S. District Court Judge Liles C. Burke imposed the sentence.
According to court documents, over a one-month period in the spring of 2023, federal agents conducted a series of controlled buys of methamphetamine from Waldrop. Those buys led agents to obtain a search warrant for his residence, executed on May 16, 2023, which resulted in agents finding approximately 270 grams of methamphetamine at his home.
A year later, in April 2024, officers again searched Waldrop's residence after he returned to selling drugs, seizing roughly 560 grams of methamphetamine. The two seizures totaled more than 800 grams.
U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. said methamphetamine trafficking fuels addiction, destroys families and threatens the safety of communities, and that the 19-year sentence sends a clear message that those who profit from dangerous drugs will face serious consequences. David R. Fitzgibbons, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Birmingham Division, said the investigation disrupted a significant source of methamphetamine.
The FBI investigated the case along with the Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carson R. Gilbert prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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