Jacksonville Man Gets 10 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
Trey Allan King, 32, of Jacksonville, Florida, received a 10-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. The sentence triggers mandatory supervised release and removes one convicted trafficker from the Jacksonville drug market for the next decade.
dnaindia.comJacksonville, Florida — U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Trey Allan King to 10 years in federal prison on June 2, 2026, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine.
King, 32, of Jacksonville, pleaded guilty on January 31, 2025, per the Department of Justice release. The sentence matches the statutory penalties for the methamphetamine count, which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years for quantities at or above 50 grams of actual methamphetamine.
The case affects the Jacksonville metropolitan area, where King operated. Federal methamphetamine trafficking prosecutions in the Middle District of Florida target distribution networks that supply retail-level dealers across Northeast Florida. One defendant receiving the full 10-year term removes that individual’s volume from the market for the duration of the sentence.
The operational change is immediate: King began serving the sentence upon sentencing. He will serve the full 10 years minus any good-time credit, followed by supervised release. The prior state was King at liberty pending sentencing; the new state is incarceration in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system.
Downstream, the Bureau of Prisons must designate King to an appropriate facility within weeks. Federal probation officers will prepare a presentence report that influences any future supervised-release conditions. The conviction also triggers federal firearms prohibitions that last for life and may prompt local law-enforcement agencies to review any overlapping open investigations tied to King’s distribution network.
Sentencing data from this case will feed into the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s annual reports on methamphetamine penalties.
This marks one of multiple methamphetamine trafficking sentencings recorded in the Middle District of Florida in 2025-2026. The Department of Justice has pursued such cases under Title 21 of the U.S. Code, the primary statute used against mid-level distributors since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act.
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