Federal prison sentence handed down for Dublin man in meth case

Federal prosecutors say the 55-year-old had multiple prior drug convictions before the latest methamphetamine case.

DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Dublin man with prior state and federal convictions has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, according to federal prosecutors.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia says 55-year-old Bobby Akins of Dublin was sentenced to 90 months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

“Whether in our largest cities or our smallest communities, we will pursue those who peddle poison in our neighborhoods and send them to prison,” U.S. Attorney Margaret Heap said. “Deadly drugs like methamphetamine have no safe place in the Southern District of Georgia.”

U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall also ordered Akins to pay a $1,000 fine and serve four years of supervised release after completing his prison sentence.

Federal prosecutors say investigators identified Akins as a source of methamphetamine distribution in the Toombs County area.

According to court documents, Akins was arrested on state probation violations tied to meth trafficking charges in Montgomery County before his federal indictment in October 2025.

Prosecutors say Akins has multiple prior state drug trafficking convictions and that he was convicted in federal court in Texas in 2001 on charges connected to transporting undocumented immigrants inside a tractor-trailer.