MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Five Mobile men were sentenced in federal court as part of a drug trafficking organization, a USDOJ release said.
According to the release, the men were part of an interstate drug distribution organization that trafficked heroin and cocaine from 2016 to April 2025.
Richard Wells, III, 48; Ronald Darnell Phillips, 45; and Demetrius James Lutin, 45, were sentenced on Oct. 9. John David Clarke, 49, was sentenced on Dec. 4, and Desmon Demond James, 49, was sentenced on Dec. 11. All men are from Mobile and entered guilty pleas to conspiracy charges in the fall of 2024.
“Phillips, Clarke, and Lutin also pleaded guilty to substantive counts charging possession with intent to distribute cocaine,” the release said…