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Blount County, Alabama – A corrupt Sheriff previously exposed for his role in covering up the murder of a young father in Hayden is under fire once again, this time for harassing a District Attorney for prosecuting his meth-dealing friend, reports state.
Additionally, that same Sheriff is now said to have promised the convicted drug trafficker special privileges—including cigars and a recreational vehicle at the jail—as the two maintained a close personal relationship for years.
According to newly released court documents, Republican Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon threatened to harass and dispatch officers to illegally surveil District Attorney Pamela Casey, the woman in charge of prosecuting Moon’s personal friend for meth trafficking.
The case centers around 44-year-old Lewis Donald “Luke” Floyd Jr, who has faced multiple convictions for drug-related offenses in the state of Alabama.
Court records state Sheriff Moon had promised Floyd that during his incarceration, he would buy him a camper and set it up near the Sheriff’s office to keep him away from “all the other terds (sic).” The documents also insist that Moon threatened to put DA Casey and her family “under surveillance” and harass them in retaliation for prosecuting Floyd’s drug case.
These new accusations emerged when Floyd recently attempted to persuade a judge to let him serve the rest of his sentence in community corrections instead of Alabama State Prison. A lawyer representing Floyd said the discussions appeared one-sided and did not involve him directly.
In 2017, Floyd was arrested for trafficking 58 grams of methamphetamine in Blount County. Before that arrest, the drug dealer had two prior drug convictions under his belt, including one where he pled guilty in Etowah County. In March of 2024, prosecutors offered Floyd a plea deal, and despite being a repeat offender, he accepted a 15-year sentence with the possibility of probation.
In May, a Judge split this already light sentence, allowing him to serve only three years with credit for time served. Floyd then surrendered himself to Georgia authorities.
Court documents state that soon after Floyd’s sentencing, Sheriff Moon spoke to him about the idea of special jailhouse privileges. There, he allegedly offered Floyd the option to sleep in an onsite camper in lieu of a cell or allow him to sleep on a couch in the Sheriff’s office. He also broached the idea of letting him go home at night to avoid jail.
Those same documents also accuse Moon of offering Floyd prison contraband—including access to cigars, cell phones, and other items—across a series of recorded video and audio conversations from May to September 2024.
“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 documents allege. “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.”
Sheriff Moon and Floyd are connected via Moon’s “rock and roll” church, Redeemed Ministries, which has special access inside the Blount County jailhouse under a special Mark Moon-authored program to “save souls.” In a video posted to Facebook in 2023, Sheriff Moon referred to Floyd—who can be seen baptizing an inmate—as “one of my very best friends,” and praised Jesus for allowing people to “change.”
Floyd remained in law enforcement custody in Georgia until September, when he was transferred to the Alabama Department of Corrections. His current minimum release date is September 2025.
Assistant District Attorney Scott Gilliland strongly opposed Floyd’s request to transfer to community corrections. He wrote that Sheriff Moon had called and visited officials in Alabama and Georgia to influence court proceedings and probation decisions. Gilliland accused Floyd of repeatedly trying to “game the system” in his favor.
Blount County DA says sheriff threatened to harrass her over prosecution of drug trafficker https://t.co/24vMndajac
— carol robinson (@RobinsonCarol) October 31, 2024
“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 … and her family to unwarranted surveillance, enforcement practices, and/or other forms of harassment in retaliation for prosecuting Floyd’s case,’’ wrote Gilliland on Thursday.
Circuit Judge John Henry England Jr. ultimately denied Floyd’s transfer request but said he may reconsider the decision in the future. In a statement to AL.com, Sheriff Moon said, “I have contacted a lawyer about possible defamation, so I will hold my comments for now.”
It would not be the first time Sheriff Mark Moon has drawn ire from the public for acts of brazen corruption. In July of 2023, Moon conducted a full-spectrum coverup of his department’s hand in the ‘murder’ of Andrew Schwam, a young father and communications lineman who was tragically struck dead at the hands of a reckless cop caught speeding in a work zone.
Despite video evidence and documents obtained by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) that suggested otherwise, Moon infamously cleared his officer of wrongdoing while working to conceal his identity from being leaked. An independent investigation by the Justice Report did identify Officer Charles Moody, badge 126, as the individual who struck Schwam with his patrol vehicle.
Researchers obtained the information after discovering that the ALEA had failed to properly redact documents related to the incident, which they received via a Freedom of Information Act request.
In response, Moon had disregarded the Justice Report’s findings as “fake news,” which amounted to “scandalous lies.” At the time of the bombshell discovery, Moon had engaged in hours-long debates with his constituents on his personal Facebook but never apologized to Schwam’s family for their loss.
In the United States, small law enforcement agencies are often accused of being “good ol’ boys” clubs where those with rank run their agencies like personal fiefdoms. Moon’s history of corruption merely supports these claims and adds to a broader distrust of American law enforcement among citizens.
In June, police in Albany, New York, were accused of concealing the pedophilic abduction and rape of a young teenage girl. The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Turkish migrant Sakir Akkan, had crossed the southern border illegally before his rape arrest. Court documents asserted that police kept silent about the crime for months to shield New York’s burgeoning non-White migrant community from added public scrutiny.
In October, Three White construction workers in St. Louis, Missouri, detained a drunk Black cop who tried to run them off the road and drive through a restricted area. For their efforts in keeping American roadways safe, they now face decades in prison after the police officer—whose name has so far remained concealed—has accused them of so-called “racism.”
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