Former Aberdeen mayor sentenced to 8 years over marijuana products
Former Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard was sentenced to eight years in prison for violating release terms on two prior felonies, including marijuana possession. The violation followed an April 2025 Starkville conspiracy charge tied to alleged sales of illegal marijuana products at his smoke shop.
🇺🇸 Aberdeen, Mississippi · Mississippi, United States
Former Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard, 41, was sentenced to eight years in prison
for violating the terms of his release on two prior felonyconvictions.[1]Howard, 41, had been elected twice and served five years as mayor of Aberdeen, a
city in Monroe County.[1]
His prior convictions were for embezzlement in 2021 and for possession of
marijuana in late 2024.[1]In April 2025, Starkville police charged Howard
with conspiracy to commit a felony in connection with the sale of illegal
marijuana products at a Starkville smoke shop.[1]Maurice Howard was charged
with conspiracy to commit a crime.[2]A Starkville police spokesperson said
the sale of narcotics prompted the arrest warrant.[2]
Starkville police said the charge was related to his business, The Gas Station
on Highway 12.[2]Howard had previously been arrested in a similar
investigation in Aberdeen in December 2023.[2]
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A federal court sentenced Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, to 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm as a felon. A January 2026 search of his home seized a pound (about 0.45 kg) of marijuana alongside methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, synthetic cathinones and four pistols.
Nigel White was sentenced in Brown County court to 18 years in prison plus 10 years of extended supervision for his role in the August 2024 marijuana deal on Berner Street where Brandon Ramirez was shot dead. White, one of five people charged, had pleaded no contest to felony murder; prosecutors said he drove a getaway vehicle.
Charged 5Sentenced 1Prison 18 years initial confinement and 10 years extended supervisionDeaths 1
A federal judge sentenced Christopher S. Robinson, 31, of Springfield to 15 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl for distribution, a case that began with a May 2024 raid in Jacksonville. Police reported finding 1.8 pounds of cannabis there and charged him with felony cannabis possession with intent to deliver.
Six traffickers were sentenced on 4 November 2026 in the Northern District of West Virginia to a combined 37 years in federal prison for fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking. Officers seized about 68.15 kilograms of marijuana in two of the cases, including 150 pounds at a Keyser duplex, alongside fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
