Cops Shot Me in the Head — Then I Spent 9 Years in Prison | Sabrena Collins

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Sabrena Collins had what most people would call a good upbringing — but by 13 years old, she was already hooked on meth. After getting sober once, a painful divorce sent her spiraling back into addiction and deeper into the drug world. What started as using turned into selling, and one night a police chase changed everything — ending with Sabrena being shot in the head by law enforcement. Instead of ending there, things got worse. Sabrena was charged by the DEA in a federal drug conspiracy case for trafficking meth and was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison. #ShotInTheHead #PoliceShootings #PrisonStory #TrueCrimePodcast #PrisonDocumentary #SurvivalStory #PrisonInterview #lockedinpodcast Connect with Sabrena Collins: Tiktok@ sabrenamorgan Facebook @ Sabrena Morgan Insta @thesabrenamorgan YouTube @thesabrenamorgan Www.transformingcriminaljustice.com Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Use code LOCKEDIN for 20% OFF Wooooo Energy Buy Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Shot in the Head & 9 Years in Prison: Meet Sabrina Collins 02:00 Growing Up in Kansas City & Family Life 06:00 Struggling with Body Dysmorphia & Diet Pills at a Young Age 08:30 Turning to Meth & Living a Double Life 13:00 Hiding Addiction from Family & Excelling in School 18:00 College Years, Quitting Meth & Big Life Choices 22:00 Marriage, Motherhood & Becoming a Real Estate Agent 27:00 Divorce, Custody Battles & Emotional Collapse 36:00 Relapse, Drug Dealing & Mental Health Spiral 41:00 High-Speed Chase & Getting Shot by Police 47:00 DEA Investigation & Federal Arrest 51:00 Indictment & The Moment Everything Changed 54:00 Pre-Trial Rehab: Getting Clean Before Prison 59:00 Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison 01:04:00 Prison Life: Survival, Growth & Finding Purpose 01:12:00 Halfway House & Home Confinement Challenges 01:18:00 Becoming an Advocate & Rebuilding Her Life 01:23:00 Early Clemency: The Day She Walked Free 01:27:00 Life After Prison: Adjusting to Freedom 01:33:00 TikTok, Community & Helping Other Women 01:39:00 What the Prison System Gets Wrong & Needs to Fix 01:45:00 Nonprofit Work, Advocacy & Fighting for Change 01:51:00 Advice to Her 13-Year-Old Self & Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I ran into somebody that I knew and he was like, you want to smoke some?
0:02.7	And I was like, yes, I do.
0:03.8	You know, when you get older, you buy in bulk.
0:05.3	Can't believe you got shot in the back of the head and survive.
0:07.6	It was six months after I got shot that I got indicted.
0:24.5	It's like the female version of Get Hard. I end up with nine years. Did you get yourself a prison girlfriend at all? Sabrina Collins was addicted to meth by 13, survived getting shot in the head by police during a high-speed chase chase and was later sentenced to nine years in federal prison for meth trafficking.
0:30.0	Today, she's sharing her raw, unfiltered story of addiction, survival, and redemption.
0:56.9	Sabrina, welcome to Lockton. I'm so glad we finally made this happen. We've been talking for like, what, a couple of years now? Yeah. It's got to be since we like we first connect on TikTok. Three years maybe? Yeah, because I don't follow too many people and you like your stuff always pops up. I think you were one of the first like female ones. Yeah, I think so. I mean, there was like Marcy. There was a couple. But early, it's been early in my TikTok page too.
1:02.3	Yeah. Probably like the first couple hundred thousand. Well, you reached out to me, but I was still on a home confinement.
1:02.3	I remember. I couldn't do anything.
1:04.3	Yeah, and me, you and J.D. would talk.
1:06.0	Like, J.D. would say, you got to get her on the show.
1:07.5	I'm like, I reached out, but she's on home confinement.
1:10.1	And you just got off of it in December, right?
1:12.2	Yep.
1:12.5	And then I left for the Mr. I'm like, I reached out, but she's on home confinement. And you just got off of it in December, right?
1:12.2	Yep.
1:12.5	And then I left for the Mr. Beast video, so it didn't work out.
1:15.4	And here we are. Now we are. We're good. We're there. Yeah, well, I'm glad you made it out here from Kansas City, right? Correct. Did you grow up there? Yep, I did. I grew up in Parkville, and I live in Carney, actually, now. So just north of Kansas City.
1:29.3	What was that like growing up there?
1:31.4	Normal. I did. I grew up in Parkville and I live in Kearney actually now. So just north of Kansas City.
1:29.3	What was that like growing up there?
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