The Blount County District Attorney's Office made claims against Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon in a court filing opposing the transfer of an inmate from the state to Blount County.
The inmate, Lewis Donald Floyd, Jr., was arrested in Blount and Etowah Counties for trafficking methamphetamine in 2017 while he was already on probation in Georgia. He was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unauthorized use of a vehicle in Alabama.
In Blount County, Floyd pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine and was sentenced to a split sentence with three years to serve, along with 18 months of pretrial credit. The judge ordered 12 of those months must be served in the custody of the Blount County Sheriff.
However, Floyd still had a hearing in Georgia due to his violation of probation. That's when the state claims the sheriff threatened to harass District Attorney Pamela Casey.
The filing in the Blount County Circuit Court states, "Within 72 hours of the probation/sentencing hearing in this case, the Blount County Sheriff told Floyd the Blount County Sheriff's Department would subject the District Attorney for the 41st Judicial Circuit of Alabama and her family to unwarranted surveillance, enforcement practices, and/or other forms of harassment in retaliation for prosecuting Floyd's case."
The document states that the sheriff had conversations with Floyd about "undermining the sentencing order" and offered special privileges.
"Initially, the Blount County Sheriff told Floyd he would purchase a camper with discretionary funds and set it up in a grassy area near the Blount County Sheriff's Department for Floyd to stay in during Floyd's incarceration," the filing states. "The Sheriff updated Floyd from time to time about campers the Sheriff had considered purchasing including a camper Floyd's father-in-law had for sale."
"The Sheriff told Floyd if he could not get the camper set up in time, Floyd could sleep on the couch in the Sheriff's office and/or the Sheriff was toying with the idea of letting Floyd go home at night so Floyd did not have to 'stay in jail with all them other terds," the filing continues. "The two men also discussed the Sheriff (a) giving Floyd access to cigars, a cell phone and other contraband and (b) allowing Floyd to travel to collect food for Redeemed Ministries while Floyd was in the custody of the Blount County Sheriff."
The filing suggests conversations occurred from May 24 through September 2024.
"Since May 24, 2024, the Blount County Sheriff has made multiple telephone calls and visits to probation officers in Alabama and Georgia at the behest of Floyd to attempt to influence and/or undermine the probation revocation process and court proceedings in both states," the document states. "Lewis Donald Floyd, Jr., has spent the last eight years trying to game the system in this case with a modest level of success. He continues to attempt to circumvent the law, subvert the consequences of his actions, and con this Honorable Court."
Based on those conversations, a judge ruled Floyd would serve his time with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC).
The claims were revealed after Floyd requested to be transferred from ADOC to the Blount County Community Corrections Program. However, the District Attorney's Office told 1819 News they did not make allegations against the sheriff because he was not a party to the case and was merely a party to conversations with Floyd.
"First and foremost, the State has not made any 'allegations against the Sheriff," said Blount County Assistant District Attorney Scott Gilliland. "The allegations are/were made against Lewis Floyd because the activities are/were relevant to the issue of where Lewis Floyd should serve his sentence."
Gilliland said there are audio and/or video recordings of conversations between Floyd and the sheriff.
"These conversations were recorded by the Floyd County Sheriff's Department on a secure line and provided to the Blount County District Attorney's Office by one or more law enforcement agencies," he said. "The issues raised in the State's Opposition to Defendant's Transfer to Community Corrections are based on statements made during these conversations."
"One of the recordings was reviewed in camera by Judge John H. England, Jr., during the May 2024 hearing," Gilliland continued. "After the Judge reviewed the recording, the Judge ruled that Lewis Floyd would not be allowed to serve his sentence in the custody of the Blount County Sheriff."
On Thursday, the judge denied Floyd's request to be transferred to community corrections.
"The State is satisfied with the Court's ruling and considers this case closed," Gilliland said.
Floyd has a minimum release date of Sept. 9, 2025.
Floyd's attorney, John Bradley Boyd, told 1819 News the allegations did not come from his client but that he was not the best source of information on the situation.
Moon said he was talking with a lawyer about defamation and declined to comment further. He has not been charged with a crime.
Blount County Filing by Erica Thomas on Scribd
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