A drug pipeline that ran through metro Atlanta and ended in a deadly high-speed chase has now put two local men in federal prison for years. Daryl Hubbard of Conyers was sentenced to 12 years and four months, and Carl Todd of Snellville was handed a 10-year term. Each will also serve five years of supervised release after prison. Prosecutors say the case grew out of stash houses and a web of drug handoffs that supplied dealers across the region, and ultimately led to one man dead, another paralyzed and a Georgia state trooper injured.
How the chase unfolded
According to prosecutors, the chain of events on March 20, 2023 started with a drug handoff at a Lithonia warehouse that Hubbard had leased. What followed was a high-speed pursuit through Lamar County involving an SUV that, investigators say, was shedding narcotics out the window while trying to outrun authorities. The vehicle reportedly hit speeds above 100 miles per hour, forced a Georgia State Patrol cruiser off the road, then slammed into a tree. The crash killed the passenger, left the driver paralyzed and injured a trooper, details that were outlined by Atlanta News First.
Searches, seizures and convictions
In the aftermath of the crash, investigators say Hubbard cleared out the Lithonia warehouse and set up a new stash house in Stonecrest. On July 23, 2024, search warrants were executed at that Stonecrest spot and at Hubbard's home in Conyers. Agents seized cocaine, marijuana and five firearms. Two of those guns, a high-powered rifle with a 30-round magazine and a pistol loaded with ammunition that prosecutors said could pierce body armor, were within arm's reach of Todd.
Both Hubbard and Todd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Prosecutors also noted that the two men had been arrested together once before, in 2013, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Hubbard was sentenced on July 10, 2026 to 12 years and four months in federal prison and ordered to pay a 5,000 dollar fine. Todd received his 10-year sentence on December 1, 2025. Both will be under federal supervision for five years once they are released.
Prosecutors' message and task-force work
"These sentences reflect the tragic consequences of illegal drug distribution," said Jae W. Chung, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's Atlanta Field Division, in the U.S. Attorney's Office release. The office said the investigation was spearheaded by the Homeland Security Task Force, with participation from the DEA, ATF, FBI, IRS-CI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lamar County Sheriff's Office, and with substantial assistance from the Georgia State Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. DeGenova and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve A. Hsieh prosecuted the case, which officials say underscores how stash-house operations and high-speed pursuits can quickly turn violent and deadly.
Legal notes
Hubbard and Todd were convicted of two federal crimes: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Under federal law, individuals with felony records are prohibited from having guns, as set out in 18 U.S.C. § 922. Drug distribution and related conspiracies are criminalized under 21 U.S.C. § 841, statutes that carry the kind of lengthy sentences now facing the two men.
