St. Joseph Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution & Money Laundering

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Montrez Dixon, 32, a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., has been handed a conviction for conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.

Dixon was found guilty on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, by a jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. He faces charges for distributing over 4,700 fentanyl pills and conspiring to conceal proceeds from illegal activities, totalling thousands of dollars.

The investigation began when law enforcement recovered a package containing 4,715 fentanyl pills shipped from Arizona to Kansas City on July 29, 2020. Further inquiries led to the identification of Dixon as the primary distributor in Missouri’s Western District.

Dixon was apprehended after a search warrant at his Los Angeles home yielded over 7,500 fentanyl pills and a firearm. He fled to Fresno, Ca., but was eventually tracked down by U.S. Marshals Service.

Under federal statutes, Dixon faces a minimum sentence of ten years in federal prison without parole, with the potential for life imprisonment. Sentencing will be determined following a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

The trial concluded after three hours of deliberation, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maureen A. Brackett and John C. Constance leading the prosecution. The investigation was a collaborative effort involving multiple agencies, including the DEA, FBI, IRS, local police departments, and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Crime Laboratory.

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, which targets high-level criminal organizations. More information on OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

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