KC Reporter

A federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri has convicted Montrez Dixon, 32, of St. Joseph on charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering. The verdict was delivered on September 18, 2025, after a trial that began earlier that week.

Dixon was found guilty of conspiring to distribute at least 400 grams of fentanyl and of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. According to prosecutors, Dixon was responsible for distributing packages containing thousands of fentanyl pills in the Western District of Missouri. Authorities recovered one such package with 4,715 fentanyl pills shipped from Arizona to Kansas City in July 2020.

On November 30, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Dixon’s residence in Los Angeles, California. They seized more than 7,500 fentanyl pills and a firearm. Dixon fled the area but was later arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Fresno, California.

Three co-defendants have already pleaded guilty in connection with this case.

Under federal law, Dixon faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison without parole and could receive up to life imprisonment. The actual sentence will be determined by the court after considering advisory guidelines and other statutory factors during a future hearing following a presentence investigation.

After approximately three hours of deliberation, the jury returned guilty verdicts before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark.

The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maureen A. Brackett and John C. Constance. Multiple agencies participated in the investigation including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), local police departments from Kansas City and St. Joseph as well as county sheriff’s offices and forensic laboratories.

The case falls under an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation—a program that targets high-level criminal organizations through coordinated efforts among various agencies led by prosecutors using intelligence-driven strategies. More information about OCDETF is available at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

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