Sean P. Costello U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
A Mobile County man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine. On December 1, 2025, Chief Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock of the United States District Court handed down a sentence of 168 months’ imprisonment to Charlie Alexander Hall.
According to court documents, law enforcement monitored Hall at his residence in Semmes, Alabama. Officers observed him placing a five-gallon bucket containing methamphetamine into his vehicle. When officers attempted to stop Hall for a traffic violation after he left his home with the drugs, he fled at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour through a residential area. During the pursuit, Hall threw the bucket out of his car window, causing it to open and scatter methamphetamine across the roadway.
The chase ended when Hall stopped and was apprehended with assistance from a police canine unit. Authorities recovered approximately 1,275 grams of methamphetamine from the road. Later that day, officers executed a search warrant at Hall’s home and found another kilogram of methamphetamine in a similar bucket behind the house.
U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello for the Southern District of Alabama announced the sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit.
Assistant U.S. Attorney George May prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
"This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime."
