United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Lloyd Parker, 32, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was sentenced last week to 262 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Parker pled guilty to the charged conspiracies, as well as distribution and possession of methamphetamine, on March 9, 2021.

The crimes took place between 2014 and 2018 and involved the distribution of drugs in East St. Louis; Los Angeles; Ontario, Calif.; Houston; Memphis; Jackson, Miss.; and other locations. Overall, the organization was responsible for the distribution of approximately 240 pounds of methamphetamine and 48 kilograms of cocaine in the Southern District of Illinois and elsewhere. Parker personally distributed or assisted in the acquisition of over 60 pounds of methamphetamine and over five kilograms of cocaine.

As part of his sentence, Parker was ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release and pay a $700 fine. Some of Parker’s alleged co-conspirators were charged in the same case and are still awaiting trial.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the IRS, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Illinois State Police, and other law enforcement agencies.

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.