COEUR D’ALENE, ID – A Spokane man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted in two separate jury trials earlier this year for drug trafficking and eluding law enforcement, according to the Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Eric Ramon Buchanan, 51, was convicted of Delivery of Cocaine, Conspiracy to Deliver Cocaine, and Eluding a Peace Officer stemming from incidents in 2023. The convictions followed trials in April and May of 2025.
The case began on February 24, 2023, when undercover officers purchased cocaine from a woman in a downtown Coeur d’Alene bar. Investigators later determined that Buchanan had supplied the cocaine to the woman shortly before the sale…