MOBILE, Alabama — A Bay Minette man has been sentenced in Federal court to more than 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in September 2019.
U.S. Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced Thursday, March 12 that Jamin Miguel Valverde was sentenced to 92 months of imprisonment on Wednesday, March 11.
According to the Baldwin County Corrections Facility website, Jamin Miguel Valverde, now 38, has a long list of bookings dating back to 2011, including possession with intent to distribute, illegal possession of a debit/credit card, multiple charges of possession of a forged instrument, burglary, breaking and entering of a vehicle and traffic charges.
His last recorded booking was July of 2019 on probation violation charges, he was release three weeks later.
U.S. District Court Judge Callie V. Granade imposed the federal court sentence and ordered that when Valverde is released from imprisonment, he will serve four years of supervised release.
Court records established that law enforcement made a number of controlled buys of methamphetamine from Valverde and also executed a search warrant at a motel in Baldwin County where Valverde was found to be in possession of methamphetamine.
The case was investigated by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted in the U.S. Attorney’s Office by Assistant U.S. Attorney George F. May.
Information released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with additional reporting by the Gulf Coast Media staff.
