KANSAS CITY —Two suspect are facing felony charges in connection with the trafficking of fentanyl and other controlled substances in the Prospect Avenue Corridor in Kansas City.
Danasia L. Miller, 30, faces two counts of 2nd Degree Trafficking Drugs and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance. The first drug trafficking count is a class B felony, carrying five to 15 years in prison. The second drug trafficking count is a class C felony, carrying three to 10 years in prison. The possession charge carries one to seven years in prison, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.
Myron D. Mays, 32, faces three counts of 2nd Degree Trafficking Drugs, one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance. Two of the trafficking counts are class B felonies; the third is a class C felony.
According to court records, Kansas City police encountered a total of seven individuals suffering overdoses from an unknown substance on two separate occasions in the same general area of the Prospect Avenue Corridor.
Detectives received information that a nearby residence was involved in fentanyl sales. According to the probable cause statement, detectives believed the residence may have been the source of the narcotics that caused the overdoses.
Officers surveilled the area and observed activity consistent with narcotics sales. Miller was identified through that investigation as a seller operating out of the residence.
On April 29, detectives observed Miller in a vehicle that co-defendant Mays was driving. Officers placed Miller under arrest in connection with the fentanyl trafficking investigation.
A search of that vehicle yielded large amounts of methamphetamine and phencyclidine near the driver’s seat. Mays was also arrested.
In total, KCPD seized more than 20 grams of fentanyl, more than 100 grams of methamphetamine, large amounts of marijuana and phencyclidine, and a firearm. One lethal dose of fentanyl is just two milligrams, which means the quantity seized could have been capable of killing thousands of people.
A Jackson County judge set the defendants’ bonds at $50,000 (10%).