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Springfield Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

January 24, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 11 kilograms of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri and for illegally possessing firearms. Gregory D. Robinson, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 20...
January 24, 2023
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Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Carrying Eight Pounds of Meth Aboard Bus

January 23, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Las Vegas, Nevada, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing more than eight pounds of methamphetamine in his duffel bag aboard a bus passing through Kansas City, Mo. Reginald S. Thomas Sr., 53, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to...
January 23, 2023
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Man Convicted of All Charges Related to One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Fentanyl Overdoses

January 20, 2023
ST. LOUIS – A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Friday found a man who provided the fentanyl that caused one fatal and two nonfatal overdoses in St. Charles, Missouri, in 2020 guilty of all charges. Ledra A. Craig, 46, of Wright City, was found guilty of...
January 20, 2023
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Undocumented Man Gets 46 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

January 19, 2023
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man originally from Mexico was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday after admitting to possessing hundreds of grams of a controlled substance containing fentanyl with intent to distribute. Luciano Gomezllanos-Martinez, also known as Joaquin Navarez-Urena, pled...
January 19, 2023
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Meth, Firearm Result in 10 Years of Prison

January 03, 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine to distribute. Clint Alexander Doll, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 28, 2022, Doll pleaded...
January 03, 2023
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield

December 27, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A St. Louis man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute kilogram-quantities of heroin in the Springfield, Mo., area. Alphonso L. Battle, 55, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to participating in a conspiracy to distribute...
December 27, 2022
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Owner of Rockstar Burgers Pleads Guilty to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy

December 22, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The owner of the Rockstar Burgers restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to allowing his former restaurant building to be used in a drug trafficking conspiracy that is alleged to have distributed more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than...
December 22, 2022
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Kansas Man Indicted on Cocaine and Firearms Charges

December 21, 2022
WICHITA, Kan. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with crimes related to drug trafficking and firearms. According to court documents, Clinton Bruner, 49, of Wichita was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession with...
December 21, 2022
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Man Sentenced to 18+ Years in Prison for Distributing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl to St. Peters Woman

December 21, 2022
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Wednesday sentenced a man who sold the fentanyl that killed a St. Peters, Missouri, woman in 2020 to 18 years and four months in prison. Nathan Matson, of O’Fallon, Missouri, met with the victim in the driveway of her home...
December 21, 2022
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Heroin Trafficking, Illegal Firearm Results in 15 Year Sentence

December 13, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and for illegally possessing a firearm. Derrick L. Hall, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On...
December 13, 2022
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