Alec Matthew Ell, a 20-year-old man from Columbia, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy in the Western District of Missouri.
Ell and his girlfriend, Angelica Melanie Polston, 20, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on April 2, 2015, to the charge contained in a federal indictment.
According to court documents, Ell admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in Boone County, Missouri, from July to October 2014.
Ell also admitted to selling a half-gram of heroin, packaged in four separate baggies, for $100 to an undercover police officer and a confidential informant on three separate occasions in July 2014.
On another occasion in July 2014, Polston accompanied Ell and participated in the sale of a half-gram of heroin, packaged in four separate baggies, to the undercover Jefferson City police officer for $100.
On October 18, 2014, Ell and Polston were spotted by a Columbia police detective and an officer on patrol on 8th Street. Ell fled on foot into a nearby neighborhood, but was caught by the officer as he tried to jump a fence. During a search, the officer found a baggie of heroin in Ell’s front pants pocket, packaged in 16 separate baggies or “tenths.”
Under federal statutes, Ell and Polston are each subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $5 million. Sentencing hearings will be scheduled after the completion of presentence investigations by the United States Probation Office.
Ell and Polston are currently in federal custody pending sentencing. This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart J. Zander. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Columbia Police Department, the Jefferson City Police Department, and MUSTANG (the Mid-Missouri Unified Strike Team and Narcotics Group).
Alec Matthew Ell, 20, Angelica Melanie Polston, 20, both of Columbia, pleaded guilty to the charge contained in an April 2, 2015, federal indictment.
Ell admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in Boone County, Missouri, from July to October 2014.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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