Mobile Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for a Cocaine and Crack Cocaine-Trafficking Conspiracy

MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine and crack cocaine.

According to court documents, Rodney Antwaine Davis, 42, was arrested on November 9, 2023, after leading police officers on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood in Mobile. Davis crashed into a ditch and attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended by officers. During the arrest, officers seized $6,145 in cash and a plastic bag containing crack cocaine from Davis's underwear. A chemist confirmed that the crack cocaine weighed 52.69 grams.

On March 20, 2025, federal agents obtained a warrant to search a package mailed from Houston, Texas, to an address on Johnston Street in Mobile under a fictitious name. The package contained more than two kilograms of vacuum-sealed powder cocaine and a bottle containing 300 alprazolam pills, as confirmed by laboratory testing. The following day, an undercover agent delivered the package to the residence on Johnston Street. Davis arrived and retrieved the package. Agents moved in to arrest him, but Davis fled into the house before being apprehended in a bedroom. At the time of his arrest, Davis had $5,734 in cash in his pocket. Agents also discovered a small amount of methamphetamine on a bed near where Davis was arrested and three bottles of promethazine syrup in Davis's car, which was parked outside the residence. Agents seized and searched Davis's cell phone, which contained messages and other data related to his drug-trafficking conspiracy.

U.S. District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Davis to a total of 63 months in prison, with his sentence adjusted to account for the 19 months he has spent in custody since March 2025. Upon his release from prison, Davis will serve four years of supervised release, during which he will be subject to drug testing. The ordered Davis to pay $100 in special assessments.

U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

Homeland Security Investigations, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Mobile Police Department, and the Mobile County Sheriff's Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.