Reeds Woman Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth Conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Kimberly C. Elliott, 45, of Reeds, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.

Elliott was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 12 years in federal prison without parole.

On June 8, 2023, Elliott pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of money laundering.

Elliott admitted that she participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Barry, Stone, Polk, Lawrence, Greene, Jasper, and Newton Counties from Nov. 1, 2020, to April 28, 2022. According to court documents, Elliott personally distributed more than 16 pounds of methamphetamine, an extremely conservative estimate for her involvement. During this conspiracy, law enforcement seized more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine from various co-conspirators.

Elliott sold 62 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer on May 3, 2021. At the time of that transaction, Elliott was in possession of at least an additional pound of methamphetamine.

Elliott traded her red Chevrolet Colorado for a black 2017 Ford Explorer on May 12, 2021. Elliott purchased this vehicle with approximately $15,000 from the proceeds of unlawful methamphetamine distribution. Elliott was arrested while driving the Explorer without a driver’s license on June 16, 2021. Elliott had approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine, approximately nine grams of marijuana, and six hydrocodone tablets in her purse. A user quantity of suspected heroin and methamphetamine was located in the driver’s side door pocket of the vehicle, and approximately $7,165 in cash was found in a zipper bag between the driver’s seat and center console.

Elliott told investigators she had obtained one pound of methamphetamine approximately two days prior to the traffic stop from a co-conspirator, and what was located in her vehicle was what was left from that transaction. Elliott stated she had been purchasing methamphetamine for the past two months and estimated she had purchased between five and 10 pounds of methamphetamine. She also stated that conspirators were receiving shipments of 250 pounds of methamphetamine every two weeks from California.

Elliott is among 20 defendants who have been convicted in this case, and the fourth defendant to be sentenced.

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