Alabama Man Sentenced to 100 Months for Meth Trafficking

A Mobile County man has been sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in a multi-defendant interstate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.

David Willis Hale, 38, of Grand Bay, Alabama, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Callie V. S. Grande on June 5, 2024, for his involvement in transporting and distributing methamphetamine from Texas to Mobile County, Alabama.

According to court documents, Hale worked as a drug courier for the organization, transporting methamphetamine on numerous occasions from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he met another courier, Daniel Castillo Garcia, who was working for the Texas supplier, Christopher Perales.

Hale would then transport the methamphetamine back to Mobile for David Eric Crumpton and Heather Jeanean Boone. On August 3, 2020, Hale was stopped in Hancock County, Mississippi, with $8,000 in U.S. currency, given to him by Boone to purchase approximately one pound of methamphetamine from Perales.

On December 28, 2020, Hale was stopped in Harrison County, Mississippi, with approximately 300 grams of crystal methamphetamine that he was in the process of delivering to Crumpton in Mobile. Crumpton had ordered the methamphetamine from Perales and then directed Hale to meet Castillo-Garcia in Lafayette, LA to obtain the methamphetamine.

Crumpton, Castillo Garcia, and another member of the conspiracy, Julie Alesia Roberts, have already been sentenced by the Court. Perales and Boone will be sentenced in the future.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Mobile Police Department, Narcotics Unit, the Harrison and Hancock County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Offices, and the Galveston County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney George F. May.

Hale’s 100-month sentence is a result of his involvement in the multi-defendant interstate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. His actions put the lives of innocent people at risk and caused harm to the community.

The sentencing of Hale is a significant victory for law enforcement and the community. It demonstrates the commitment of the Department of Justice to hold those responsible for drug trafficking accountable for their actions.