Federal prosecutors will seek higher sentences for defendants in backpack cocaine case

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Federal prosecutors said they plan to seek enhanced sentences if they win convictions in Mobile County drug case involving a child’s backpack.

This first came to light in March when the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office searched a woman’s house on Harvey Courtnear Hank Aaron Park. Investigators said they found the woman’s 3-year-old child with a backpack of cocaine. Prosecutors claim that the woman, Tierra Tocorra Hillhe had several kilograms of cocaine.

The prosecutor’s man accused of running a drug enterprise, Glennie McGeewas convicted in 2006 of a federal crack cocaine charge in Mobile. Co-defendant Eric Aguilar was convicted in 20-10 of a methamphetamine charge in Texas. That would increase the mandatory minimum sentence from 10 to 15 years if convicted in Mobile.

The trial is scheduled for March.