ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Peters, Missouri, on Friday admitted selling the fentanyl that killed one woman and sent another to the hospital in one day in 2019. Zachary Hovis, 24, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two counts of distribution of fentanyl. Hovis...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Tuesday sentenced a man who supplied the fentanyl that killed a 19-year-old in Jefferson County, Missouri, to 22 years in prison. Judge Perry also ordered William Edward Martin, 23, to pay restitution to the victim’s family for her funeral expenses...

CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. – A man from Jackson, Missouri, on Wednesday admitted selling fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony count of distribution of fentanyl. He admitted selling fentanyl to a 25-year-old Sikeston man early on...

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for giving a man a fentanyl pill which caused his death. According to court documents, in October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Friday found a fentanyl dealer responsible for the overdose death of a 17-year-old in 2021 and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Keith Edward “Kesso” Matthews, 24, of St. Louis County, Missouri, pleaded guilty in September to four felonies...

ST. LOUIS – A man who supplied the fentanyl that killed a St. Charles, Missouri, mother, leaving her three young children alone for over 15 hours, was sentenced Wednesday to 7.5 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Audrey E. Fleissig also ordered Valentino Terez Carpenter, 39, of Maryland Heights, Mo...

ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis County, Missouri on Friday admitted supplying the fentanyl that killed a 19-year-old in Jefferson County, Missouri, in 2022. William Edward Martin, 23, is the final of four defendants in the case. Martin pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to...

ST. LOUIS –U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for selling the fentanyl and heroin that killed a Florissant, Missouri, man in 2018. Wyland Kinney, 50, of St. Louis County, was convicted by a jury in May for distribution of a controlled...

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted in death. According to court documents, on July 31, 2019, Tyler Ralls, 35, of Wichita gave Michael Marsalla, 35, a fake pill while the two men were working together at...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers found 29 firearms in his residence, along with significant amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Charles J. Dunne, 60, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand...