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Man Indicted after DEA Seizes Large Quantities of Drugs, Weapons

December 18, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Raytown, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after federal agents found large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin in his residence along with several firearms. Jauan D. Pratt, 30, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury...
December 18, 2024
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Jury Convicts Mexican National of $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

October 23, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national who worked with a drug-trafficking organization tied to the Cárteles Unidos cartel in Michoacán, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his role in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of...
October 23, 2024
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Mid-Level Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

July 16, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Florissant, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for providing more than 34 kilograms of fentanyl to a large-scale drug-trafficking organization in southwest Missouri. Sheron L. Loggins, also known as “Bane,” 50, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 14...
July 16, 2024
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Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts

July 02, 2024
ST. LOUIS –U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri, man who sold fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine base to a decade in prison. Byron Green, 29, pleaded guilty in March to eight felony counts: a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine distribution charge, possession with...
July 02, 2024
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The owner of an Olathe, Kansas, business pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a money-laundering conspiracy to transfer the proceeds of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking to Mexico. A Kansas City, Mo., woman also pleaded guilty to her role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy...
July 01, 2024
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Father, Son, Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

May 15, 2024
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie. L. White on Wednesday sentenced a father and son who brought kilograms of cocaine to St. Louis for years to more than 10 years in prison. Judge White sentenced Gregory Dixson Jr., 53, to 15 years in prison and ordered him to pay...
May 15, 2024
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Missouri Man Sentenced for Heroin Conspiracy

May 08, 2024
SPRINGFIFELD, Mo. – Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Greene County, Mo. James D. Elbert, 42, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 5, 2023...
May 08, 2024
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Kansas City Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

April 17, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and for illegally possessing a firearm. John A. Caylor, 55, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Tuesday, April 16, to...
April 17, 2024
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Dark Web Dealer of Meth, Heroin Heads to Prison

February 29, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for selling methamphetamine and heroin on the dark web. John M. LeCoque, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered LeCoque to...
February 29, 2024
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Man Sentenced to Life Plus 10 Years in Prison for St. Louis Murder, Drug Conspiracy

February 13, 2024
ST. LOUIS – A felon convicted of drug trafficking charges that included a 2019 St. Louis murder was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to life plus 10 years in prison. Freeman Whitfield IV, 29, was an enforcer for a large drug conspiracy, evidence and testimony at...
February 13, 2024
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