Evergreen Reporter

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – Acting United States Attorney Kevin P. Davidson announced the sentencing of a Montgomery man for his involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal drugs into a prison. On September 9, 2024, a federal judge sentenced Henry Guice, Jr., 46, a former correctional officer with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), to 75 months in prison. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.

According to court records and statements made in open court, on June 20, 2023, an ADOC officer and his canine conducted a sniff search of all vehicles in the parking lot of Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County. The dog alerted on Guice’s vehicle while he was working inside the facility at the time. ADOC officials summoned Guice from his post and conducted a search of the vehicle. Investigators found three bags of suspected methamphetamine inside Guice’s car and two additional bags in his pockets. Drug laboratory analysis confirmed the substance to be methamphetamine.

During his plea hearing in May this year, Guice admitted that he possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute and conspired with another individual for that purpose. A federal grand jury also indicted Brad Elliot Gordon, 48, who was an inmate at Staton in June 2023, for his alleged role in the conspiracy. Gordon’s trial is scheduled for February 3, 2025. An indictment is merely an allegation; all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the ADOC Law Enforcement Services Division investigated this case, which Assistant United States Attorney Mark E. Andreu prosecuted.