“A drug trafficker was sentenced March 25, 2022, to a total of 29 years in federal prison. Curtis James Johnson, age 36, from Talladega, Alabama, received the prison term after a July 30, 2021 guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and an August 16, 2021 guilty plea to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Johnson sold methamphetamine to another individual in May 2021. Law enforcement’s subsequent searches of two homes led to the discovery of methamphetamine and a loaded firearm at a relative’s residence and a loaded firearm at another residence associated with Johnson. This all occurred in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area. Johnson was arrested after the searches.”

“Following his arrest, Johnson called his mother using another inmate’s phone account in the jail and discussed paying a witness to not attend Johnson’s upcoming trial. Prior to the current conduct, Johnson had amassed a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for battery causing bodily injury and assault causing bodily injury. Johnson was also previously convicted of burglary and felony drug trafficking offenses. Evidence at sentencing showed Johnson was also involved in making ‘hooch’ while in jail,” says a Justice Department press release that does not actually make it clear why the ‘hooch’ is relevant to the proceeding, since Johnson wasn’t charged for it.

If anything it’s annoying as shit that they included the detail about the hooch but didn’t elaborate and explain what kind of juice boxes he was using and if he made it in his cell’s toilet.