An inmate serving time in an Alabama prison ran a very financially profitable drug distribution scheme from behind bars, boasting about raking in thousands of dollars as a result, the U.S. Department of Justice has convinced a federal jury.
Now, Johnnie Page Lott, 41, faces the possibility of between 10 years and life in federal prison as a result. Lott, of Mobile, was already 20 years into consecutive life sentences for 2003 murder and attempted murder convictions. He was incarcerated at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery during the scheme.
At trial, the DOJ presented evidence that showed Kilby correctional officers suspected Lott was engaged in illegal activity in early 2020, which prompted investigators to start listening to recordings of the calls he made from prison phones. In late May of 2020, a correctional officer noticed an inmate with a suspicious bulge in his clothing, prompting in investigation that recovered a package of methamphetamine, the trial showed. Afterward, Lott and an unnamed co-conspirator were recorded in a phone call discussing the confiscation.
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