Court Sentences Florida Woman to Thirty Three Months Imprisonment for Trafficking Fentanyl

MOBILE, AL - On November 14, 2024, United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Christall Doris Peavy of Crestview, Florida, to 33 months imprisonment for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.

Documents filed with the Court established that on March 8, 2023 a deputy with the Conecuh County Sheriff's Office stopped Peavy on Highway 84 for traffic violations. During the traffic stop Peavy admitted to having various drugs in the vehicle and the deputy decided to search the vehicle. The deputy called for a female officer to come to the scene and perform a pat down of the defendant. A female officer from the Evergreen Police Department arrived and when the officer was performing the pat down she noticed a large bulge in the defendant's brassiere.

When the female officer tried to retrieve the item causing the bulge Peavy became very combative and started snatching away and officers had to take Peavy into custody. Officers found that the defendant had a large plastic bag containing four smaller baggies with a powdery white substance in her brassiere. The substance was later tested and found to be fentanyl, weighing approximately 132 grams. Peavy possessed the fentanyl with the intent to distribute it.

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, the Conecuh County Sheriff's Office and the City of Evergreen Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney George F. May.