CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp sentenced Bobby Black to 77 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Caruthersville, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty in November to six counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one of the counts being conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. From...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Lee’s Summit, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for his leadership role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy that distributed more than 2,000 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area. Howard Christopher Walters, also known as “Chris,” 43, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District...

ST. LOUIS – Nicholas Trueblood, 26, of St. Charles, Missouri, pleaded guilty to four counts of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. Trueblood appeared today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White. Trueblood and his co-defendant were primarily distributing narcotics in the St. Charles County area...

ST. LOUIS – On Wednesday, a jury convicted Oscar Dillon, 47, of St. Charles County, Missouri, guilty of drug conspiracy, attempted obstruction of justice and money laundering. The same jury also convicted Michael Grady, 65, of St. Louis, guilty of drug conspiracy, attempted obstruction of justice and money laundering. The...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., sentenced Jimmy Warf to 144 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Sikeston, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine in January. On August 18, 2020, Warf sold 55 grams of methamphetamine to a DEA confidential...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been sentenced on federal charges of distribution of heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard said today. Titus Sanders, 24, was sentenced on April 1 to 144 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sanders entered a...

ST. LOUIS –U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Demetrius Burns-Jackson to 60 months in prison. The 24-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. In November 2018, Drug Enforcement Administration investigators received information from two sources that Burns-Jackson was a multi-pound methamphetamine distributor known to carry a firearm...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Sherod Tucker to 80 months in prison today. The 32-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Beginning in 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and St. Louis...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for her role in leading a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin in Greene County, Mo. Jasmine D. Steed, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Thursday, March 25, to 16 years...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine. Richard G. Wacker, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 10, 2020, Wacker...