By MATT PIKE
A St. Joseph man was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.
33 year old Montrez Dixon was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to a total of 50 years in federal prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.
On July 29th, 2020, law enforcement officers recovered a package shipped to Kansas City, Mo. from Arizona, which contained 4,715 fentanyl pills. The investigation revealed that Dixon distributed this package and other packages to the Western District of Missouri, containing thousands of fentanyl pills. On Nov. 30th, 2022, law enforcement officers with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service executed a search warrant on Dixon’s residence in Los Angeles, where over 7,500 fentanyl pills and a firearm were recovered. Dixon fled to Fresno, California where he was ultimately arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service.
On Sept. 18th, 2025, a jury found Dixon guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl and one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. Three co-defendants had already pleaded guilty in this case.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen A. Brackett. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, St. Joseph Police Department, Kansas City, Missouri Police Crime Laboratory, and the DEA-North Central Laboratory.
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