U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore | US Attorney - Western District of Missouri
U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore | US Attorney - Western District of Missouri
An Akron, Ohio man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting over 27 kilograms of methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus.
Rogeric Romone Clark, 40, received a 12-year federal prison sentence without parole from U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs.
On April 11, 2024, Clark pleaded guilty to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Members of the Missouri Western Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force (MoWIN) were conducting interdiction activities at a Kansas City bus station on December 5, 2023. As passengers disembarked from a bus originating in Los Angeles, California, officers used a police drug-sniffing dog that alerted them to a suitcase later identified as belonging to Clark. Investigators subsequently identified another suitcase belonging to him.
A detective contacted Clark, who confirmed ownership of one suitcase and gave officers consent to open it. As the detective opened the suitcase, Clark fled on foot through the rear parking area but fell during the chase and was taken into custody.
Officers searched both suitcases and found 30 one-pound bundles in each containing a total of 27.2 kilograms of methamphetamine.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashleigh Ragner and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Kansas City Police Department.
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