A Tennessee man received over eight years in prison after a jury found him guilty of selling meth and firearm related offenses.
Jamaal Derrell Maxwell, a 30-year-old from Memphis, sold meth pills and firearms to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confidential informant.
From February 2, 2024 to April 3, 2024, Maxwell sold over 500 pills containing meth. In addition, he sold four firearms, which included two semi-automatic rifles, one assault-style rifle, and one shotgun.
The defendant was a felon at the time he sold his firearms, which is illegal due to felons not being allowed to own a firearm.
Maxwell was convicted in Oklahoma of luring an adult teenager to become a prostitute.
The Memphis man was found guilty of possessing a firearm illegally, having a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and participating in the business of dealing firearms without a license.
This criminal case was part of the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Criminal Division’s Violent Crime Initiative, aimed at prosecuting violent crimes in Memphis and its surrounding areas.
The initiative partners with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to deal with these types of crimes.
Last month, this initiative helped convict another Memphis man, Courtney Davis, of his role in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and meth.
Davis received a sentence of over seven years in prison.
This investigation targeted the Memphis-based gang known as the Young Mob.
As a city, Memphis struggles with its crime rates.
For the first half of 2024, the DOJ found the city had the country’s highest murder rate per capita.
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Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network. Email tips to Zachery at [email protected].Â
