By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Three more defendants have been indicted in a 10-person conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri, including a St. Joseph resident.
The Western District of Missouri U.S. Attorney’s office reports 22-year-old Kaden Bernard of St. Joseph has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City. Also indicted were 31-year-old Raymundo Felix-Perez, a citizen of Mexico who lived in Bethany, and 26-year-old Joshua Stramel of Kansas City, Kansas.
Previously charged were 24-year-old Craig Austin Troester and 21-year-old Cassidie Bumgarner, both of Spickard; 24-year-old Troy Lee Palmer of Trenton; 27-year-old Dallas Hughs of St. Joseph; 30-year-old Jessica Nicole Moody of Bethany; 25-year-old Dakota Morris of Liberty; and 23-year-old Lucas Ryan Coltrain of Newtown.
Federal prosecutors allege Troester and Felix-Perez led the conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in October of 2020.
Troester, Felix-Perez, Bumgarner, Coltrain, and Moody also are charged with money laundering. Federal prosecutors claim the four wired the proceeds from their drug trafficking to Sinaloa, Mexico.
Bernard also faces firearm charges as does Palmer.
The cases will go before a federal jury.