One Batch "Bad Heroin," Four Traffickers, Five Dead

Jamal Cooper - Currently in Federal Prison

In June 2014, 22 Shoals individuals were arrested in a massive heroin sting. The drug op corresponded with several other stings around the Southeast, including Nashville. Of those arrested, four were charged in the death of one Florence addict; however, local drug task force leaders stated there had been five deaths resulting from the fentanyl-laced heroin.

Three of the four lived in Florence, while the fourth was a former Florence resident who had moved to Antioch, Tennessee. Where are they now?

* One, whom we will identify as only JRC, died three years later in Florence. He was employed at that time as a lawn service worker.

* One, whom we will identify as only SCF, served some prison time and is now residing in Colbert County under another name.

* One is William Earl Foster Jr., now 39 and living in Morgan County. He was arrested in January of last year on "multiple felonies." He is presumably still in Morgan County's judicial system.

* One is Jamal Cooper, now 43. Cooper was also known a "J." or "Mal." Authorities contended that Cooper was highest up in the drug ring and maintained constant contact with his Florence confederates...and they had the wiretaps to prove it. As recently as 2018, Cooper was petitioning a federal court that these wiretaps were illegal. A judge disagreed. Jamal Cooper is now incarcerated in federal prison in Kentucky with a release date of 2043. 

What of the other 18 who garnered lesser charges? Most are totally free at this time or on parole. We're currently monitoring the legal status of Brady Ann Irons, 35, who has arrests in Cullman in December, in Franklin in January, and in Autauga in February. If anyone is interested, she currently has a $600.00 Apple watch for sale on her Facebook page for only $400.00. It's a steal...just ask the department stores she frequents. 

Our sympathies continue to lie with those who died from the fentanyl-laced heroin and their families who are left to carry on without them.