MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A Pensacola man who was facing a trial on drug charges pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to tamper with a witness, admitting that he directed co-defendants to prevent a Baldwin County woman from testifying against him.
According to John Michael Mathurin’s written plea agreement, the intimidation included a video of a voodoo-like ritual.
Mathurin was locked up in the Escambia County Jail in Pensacola in October 2025, weeks before his scheduled trial. According to the plea agreement, he used a contraband cell phone to send messages to his girlfriend, Kayper Nicole Ellerbee, asking her to contact a paralegal in California for help obtaining property tax records, vehicle records and other information to find out where the witness was living…