From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A federal jury convicted a Birmingham man of possession with the intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.
Bob Cotchery III, 28, was arrested on Dec. 14, 2017 in the Norwood neighborhood after police said he tried to run from them during a routine traffic stop. Officers then found a plastic bag with 494 grams of fentanyl.
On Thursday, May 2, 2019, Cotchery was convicted. He now faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
The DEA investigated the case along with the Birmingham Police Department, which Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gregory R. Dimler and Mohammad Khatib prosecuted.