Byron Green, Decade in Prison, Missouri 2024

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — In a significant blow to the region's underworld, Byron Green, a 29-year-old St. Louis County resident, was sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in a large-scale fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine trafficking ring.

On March 2024, Green pleaded guilty to eight felony counts, including fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine distribution, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute a fentanyl analogue, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Green admitted to being a lower-level distributor within the notorious Guy Goolsby drug trafficking organization, which brought large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl from Mexico via Texas and Florida to the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. After Goolsby and his associates were charged and arrested, Green continued to obtain drugs from other members of the conspiracy and distributed fentanyl and methamphetamine from 2019 to 2023.

On May 11, 2023, investigators conducted a court-approved search of Green's St. Louis County home, where they recovered over 1,200 fentanyl capsules, two ounces of cocaine base, two pounds of methamphetamine, five ounces of pure fentanyl, $33,255 in cash, four pistols, and diamond-encrusted jewelry bought with drug proceeds. The search also yielded pill presses used to make pills and 12 blenders used to mix drugs at Green's St. Charles County home.

As part of a broader investigation, law enforcement seized over 120 pounds of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, $2 million in drug proceeds, and dozens of firearms. Green is one of more than three dozen people convicted based on investigations associated with the Goolsby organization.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Mantovani and Geoffrey S. Ogden prosecuted the case, which is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations threatening the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.

Green's sentencing marks a significant victory in the ongoing efforts to combat organized crime and narcotics trafficking in the region. The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and the United States Marshals Service investigated the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/drug-dealer-sentenced-decade-prison