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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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Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

April 12, 2024
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a man who bought 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark web to five years in prison and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine. Maximillian Gregory Verbowski will also be on supervised release for...
April 12, 2024
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

April 09, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man who was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo., with more than 11 kilograms of methamphetamine in his vehicle pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Mark Edmundson, 49, who has no known address, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District...
April 09, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Supplying the Fentanyl that Killed 19-Year-Old

April 02, 2024
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...
April 02, 2024
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Final Defendant in St. Louis Area Meth Ring Sentenced to 19+ Years in Prison

March 26, 2024
ST. LOUIS– U.S. District Judge District Court Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced the final defendant in a methamphetamine distribution ring to 19 years and seven months in prison. Dedrick Deshon Jordan, who was sentenced Tuesday, is one of 15 defendants who pleaded guilty in the case. Jordan, 35...
March 26, 2024
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Southeast Missouri Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Fentanyl

March 26, 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Kyrron Haynes, age 29, of Charleston, Missouri, was sentenced to serve eight years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl. Haynes appeared for his sentencing hearing yesterday before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. At his guilty plea hearing...
March 26, 2024
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St. Louis Area Pediatrician Indicted, Accused of Exchanging Prescriptions for Sex Acts

March 14, 2024
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County, Missouri pediatrician was indicted Wednesday and accused of prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts or cash. The indictment charges Craig A. Spiegel, 67, with 17 counts of illegal distribution of controlled substances and six counts of making...
March 14, 2024
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Selling Fentanyl to DEA Informant Nets Three-Time Drug Trafficker 14 Years in Prison

March 08, 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Jimmy L. Hudson, Jr., 47, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 14 years and seven months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl. At his guilty plea hearing last year, Hudson admitted that he sold a quantity...
March 08, 2024
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Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

March 05, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for using his residence for trafficking methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Anthony Brandon, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Monday, March 4, to 18 years in federal prison without parole. Brandon...
March 05, 2024
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Meth Trafficker Since 2013 Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

March 01, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Carl Junction, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm. Chet Edwin Mercer, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Thursday, Feb. 29, to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Oct. 12...
March 01, 2024
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