Boniface Denton Buchanan, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Alabama 2025

MOBILE, AL – Two Baldwin County men were sentenced to serve time in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms as convicted felons.

On October 2025, Boniface Denton Buchanan, 56, and Samuel Earl Crook, Jr., 43, each of Bay Minette, were sentenced to 235 months and 60 months in prison, respectively.

According to court documents, Buchanan and Crook admitted to distributing bulk amounts of methamphetamine to various individuals in north Baldwin County between May 2023 and November 2023.

On multiple occasions, narcotics agents used confidential informants to purchase methamphetamine from Buchanan and Crook. Based on these controlled purchases of drugs and other evidence, agents obtained federal warrants to search Buchanan’s and Crook’s residences in Bay Minette.

On November 8, 2023, agents executed the search warrants. When agents encountered Buchanan at his home, he attempted to flee and agents had to wrestle him to the ground. Agents searched Buchanan’s house and found methamphetamine and a loaded shotgun.

Buchanan admitted that he had multiple prior felony convictions that made his possession of the shotgun illegal under federal law. When agents tried to interview Buchanan, he responded, “I’ll do my time.” Agents seized and searched Buchanan’s cell phone, which contained numerous text messages and other evidence regarding his drug trafficking.

The court did not impose a fine, but Judge Moorer ordered Buchanan and Crook each to pay a total of $400 in special assessments. The court also forfeited the defendants’ guns and cash to the United States.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

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