Kenan Bernard Allen, Fentanyl Trafficking, Texas 2023

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

A high-volume drug trafficker operating out of a Dallas motel room pleaded guilty today to federal drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Kenan Bernard Allen, aka ‘King,’ 38, was charged via criminal complaint in April 2023 and indicted the following month. He pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to court documents, Mr. Allen and several coconspirators operated a trap room at a Dallas motel, where they cut, packaged, and distributed large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs. At least eight defendants later admitted the motel was a location for habitual criminal activity.

Court documents also revealed that customers seeking drugs were let into the room by a doorman and instructed to place an order behind the service station. Customers often smoked or ingested the drugs inside the hotel room after making their purchase. The coconspirators armed themselves with handguns and AK-47 style rifles and installed security cameras inside the motel to monitor for law enforcement and to prevent workers from stealing drugs.

Law enforcement agents conducting surveillance observed children as young as three years old coming in and out of the trap rooms in the motel, and images of young children were seen on video surveillance footage in the trap rooms where powdered fentanyl was being placed into capsules by workers and then sold to customers.

Mr. Allen now faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $5 million fine. His sentencing is set for March 7, 2025.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton said, ‘Mr. Allen and other violent drug traffickers dispersed huge quantities of deadly drugs and assaulted their customers. They preyed on users’ crippling addictions, raking in money hand over fist.’

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Dallas Police Department conducted the investigation.

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