View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File) A Missouri man, Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for his involvement in consp
A Missouri man, Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for his involvement in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and launder drug proceeds to Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark sentenced Coltrain to nine years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered him to forfeit $10,000, representing the profits he obtained from drug trafficking.
Coltrain pleaded guilty in February 2024 to participating in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that ran from October 27, 2020, to January 24, 2023.
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According to court documents, Coltrain was responsible for distributing at least 5,662 fentanyl pills, disguised as prescription medication by a Mexican cartel.
Coltrain distributed the fentanyl pills, pressed into pills that appear to be prescription pharmaceuticals by members of a Mexican cartel. Coltain’s Facebook message records show that he was receiving M30 pills “by the 1000s” and selling them for $40 a pill.
Coltrain admitted knowing that people were dying after taking the M30 pills, which he sold to friends. His sales continued even after the death of an acquaintance on July 17, 2021. Coltrain was hospitalized for a fentanyl overdose in August 2023 after he was released on bond in this case.
Coltrain admitted that he wired approximately $10,000 to $15,000 to Mexico. Those wire transfers represented the proceeds from the distribution of fentanyl.
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