Jackie R. Shelledy, Meth Conspiracy, Missouri 2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Sedalia man has been convicted of his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and prescription opioids in a federal trial.

Jackie R. Shelledy, 56, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and prescription opioids, as charged in an Aug. 29, 2018, federal indictment.

Evidence presented in court indicated that Shelledy, a member of the Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club, sold methamphetamine and prescription pills to co-defendant Teresa A. Wolfe, 53, of Sedalia. Wolfe then distributed the illegal drugs to other individuals.

An undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made a series of undercover purchases of methamphetamine as well as some prescription pills from Wolfe.

A search warrant was executed at Shelledy’s residence on Feb. 13, 2018. Officers seized drug paraphernalia and a bottle of prescription pills in someone else’s name.

Wolfe and three co-defendants, Joseph E. Whitlow, 42, of Sedalia, James “Manny” Smith, 55, of Clinton, Mo., and Randall L. Rozier, 56, of Sedalia, have all pleaded guilty to their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy that lasted from Jan. 1, 2015, to Feb. 14, 2018.

Shelledy faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patrick Edwards and Emily A. Morgan.

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/jury-convicts-sedalia-man-meth-conspiracy