January 17, 2026

Baldwin County Jury Convicts Man of Drug Trafficking

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

January 17, 2026

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A Baldwin County jury has found a local man guilty in a recent drug trafficking case.

42-year-old James Pressley, who had been previously arrested by police for selling drugs was convicted of trafficking methamphetamines following a two-day jury trial.

According to officials with the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office, Pressley had been the subject of a joint investigation into drugs being trafficked in our area.

“This case is the result of proactive policing and outstanding collaboration between the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force and Special Operations Unit, who worked together to stop Pressley from bringing nearly three ounces of methamphetamine into Baldwin County from Florida before it could reach our communities,” the release said.

The jury took less than an hour to come back with the guilty verdict.