HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – A Huntsville man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced.
Fabian Scott, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in cocaine, a Class A felony. Madison County Circuit Judge Chris M. Comer sentenced him to 30 years.
Marshall’s office said the case marks the second conviction secured using the Agent Billy Clardy III Act, a state law named for a Huntsville police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
Law named for fallen Huntsville officer
Agent Billy Clardy III was killed in 2019 while investigating a large-scale drug trafficking operation. Alabama lawmakers passed the act bearing his name in 2023, authorizing law enforcement to use enhanced investigative techniques to uncover drug trafficking organizations…