St. Joseph Man Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering

Montrez Dixon, 32, was found guilty on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, of one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl and one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

Three co-defendants have already pleaded guilty in this case.

On July 29, 2020, law enforcement officers recovered a package shipped to Kansas City, Mo. from Arizona, which contained 4,715 fentanyl pills. The investigation revealed that Dixon distributed this package and other packages to the Western District of Missouri, containing thousands of fentanyl pills.

On Nov. 30, 2022, law enforcement officers with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service executed a search warrant on Dixon’s residence in Los Angeles, Ca., where over 7,500 fentanyl pills and a firearm were recovered.

Dixon fled to Fresno, Ca., where he was ultimately arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Under federal statutes, Dixon is subject to a minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole.

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

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