Cassiopeia Marie Blaise, Meth Trafficking, Missouri 2021

Cassiopeia Marie Blaise, a 37-year-old woman from Columbia, Missouri, was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison without parole for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation.

On April 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California that had been shipped to the residence shared by Blaise and co-defendant Bryan Patton Tullous. The package contained approximately 5.6 pounds of methamphetamine in five individual packages that weighed approximately one pound (453 grams) each, for a total of 2.209 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Officers conducted surveillance of the residence as the package was delivered to the front porch. Both Tullous and Blaise were outside; Blaise retrieved the package and took it inside the residence while Tullous was in a neighbor’s yard. Officers took both of them into custody and executed a search warrant of the residence.

Inside the residence, officers found a dozen firearms in various areas, including a loaded Smith & Wesson .380-caliber pistol laying near the package in the bedroom. A safe in the garage contained a Mossberg .22-caliber rifle, a Snake Charmer 410 shotgun, a Browning .223-caliber rifle, a Bear River .38-caliber revolver, and a Charter Arms .38-caliber revolver. The Snake Charmer 410 shotgun had the stock cut off, making it useable as a pistol grip-type weapon.

Tullous admitted that he ordered the package and paid $12,000 for the methamphetamine. Blaise pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2021, to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Co-defendant Bryan Patton Tullous, 39, was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2022, to 10 years and 11 months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

This case was prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Oliver. It was investigated by the East Central Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Columbia, Mo., Police Department.

Defendant Name: Cassiopeia Marie Blaise

Exact Criminal Charges: Possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute

City and State: Columbia, Missouri

Exact Date: August 31, 2021 (sentencing), April 26, 2019 (crime date)

Sentence or Outcome: 8 years in federal prison without parole

Dollar Amounts: $12,000 (cost of methamphetamine)

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