Hello, my name is Tanya and I’m emailing you on behalf of my son who is currently incarcerated in Aberdeen Mississippi. He was pulled over while on his way to work in April 2021. He was pulled over because the officer claimed he didn’t see tag sticker. Once tag sticker was located, officer found probable cause to search vehicle. During search, a bottle of pills were located under his seat and my son was placed under arrest for possession of controlled substance. During interrogation, my son cooperated with investigators after being threatened to turn in three people who deals in drug related activities. My son is a loner and tried to do what was right. The investigators threatened my son by telling him if he didn’t turn anyone in that he would be charged with drug trafficking even though he was not in the middle of a sale, he was not over state lines and he was definitely not involved in any criminal enterprise. Before his incarceration, my son cooperated but because it didn’t give any successful conviction, my son was incarcerated into prison for 10 years of his life. After serving his 10 years mandatory prison sentence, he will then begin 5 years post release supervision and 5 years unsupervised. 20 years total in a state prison after doing an open plea for something you never understood. My son is the only one in his prison who had so little (97) pills but is also the one with the most time. He had no idea what the pills contained but upon receiving the discovery package, the pills was said to contain meth and caffeine. Pills didn’t have enough meth to receive charge for drug trafficking. This is also his first felony charge so this is the first time he or anyone in our family has been through anything of this caliber and it seems no one can help us. My son was sentenced in Desoto County Mississippi in Hernando Mississippi in December 8, 2022. He is now currently serving his 10 year sentence in Aberdeen Mississippi at Monroe County Jail. My son is and has always been a hard worker who maintained a stable job for years but fell victim to a vehicular accident where he was injured. That incident led him down the path to addiction. We never expected that a simple possession charge could change into something so big that we can’t do anything about it. My son is sitting in prison as a drug trafficker doing 10 years in prison for 97 pills with other prisoners who was caught with kilos of drugs and they’re only doing 2-3 years. And we’re not understanding why. My son has been rehabilitated and is now drug free. We are looking for any help to bring him home. Any help or if we can bring his case back to court for lower charge or sentence, PLEASE…any help will do.
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