MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A federal judge Friday handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a woman convicted of gun charges related to a multimillion-dollar drug conspiracy.
Exavieria Deagnes “DD” Maxie is the sister-in-law of Glennie Antonio “Little Man” McGee, the man prosecutors alleged ran the drug distribution network. The jury convicted him and his wife, along with Maxie.
Unlike the other defendants named in the indictment, the 37-year-old Mobile woman was not accused of drug offenses. But she was the subject of sensational allegations that she tampered with evidence by instructing her 15-year-old son to retrieve McGee’s loaded gun from a shoebox in their apartment and drop it off a balcony to prevent police from finding it. The tampering charge also included allegations that she helped to hide high-end jewelry…