Armed Foley Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Case

MOBILE, AL - A Foley man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

According to court documents, Christopher Charles Rogers, 51, sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant at his trailer in Foley on two occasions in January and February 2025. On February 11, 2025, narcotics agents surveilled Rogers as he drove from Baldwin County to Pensacola, Florida to purchase a new supply of methamphetamine. Agents coordinated with sheriff's deputies, who conducted a traffic stop of Rogers's truck on the Foley Beach Express. During the traffic stop, Rogers admitted that he had previously served federal prison time for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Deputies arrested Rogers on warrants relating to his drug sales to the confidential informant. Deputies also searched Rogers's truck and found 139.18 grams of 99.4% pure methamphetamine in the center console. In a subsequent interview, Rogers confirmed that he had bought the methamphetamine from a supplier in Pensacola for $875 and intended to re-sell it for $175 per ounce. Rogers said he never bought less than four ounces at a time, and sometimes bought up to eight ounces, which he regularly sold to various customers in smaller amounts. Rogers said he had customers waiting on him when deputies arrested him. Rogers further admitted that he had several guns at his trailer, which he allowed deputies to search.

In Rogers's trailer, agents found additional baggies of methamphetamine and several loaded pistols and rifles. Rogers admitted that he possessed the guns. The total amount of methamphetamine seized from Rogers's truck and trailer was 161.5 grams.

In August 2026, while on conditions of release pending his sentencing in federal court, Rogers admitted to using methamphetamine twice and had his conditions of release revoked by the court.

In addition to the 180-month prison term, U.S. District Judge Terry F. Moorer ordered Rogers to serve a five-year supervised release term upon his release from prison, during which time he will be subject to drug testing and treatment. The court did not impose a fine, but Judge Moorer ordered Rogers to pay $200 in special assessments and forfeited his firearms to the United States.

U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office investigated the case. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Laboratory in Long Beach, California substantially assisted the investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

This prosecution was part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Mobile comprises agents and officers from, among others, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama.