Terreall McDaniel, 33, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., is headed to federal prison for 51 years and 10 months without parole after being convicted on multiple counts of drug trafficking and illegal firearms possession. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, marks the end of a violent criminal spree that spanned two years and left law enforcement racing to catch up.
McDaniel was found guilty on July 26, 2017, following a bench trial on six federal charges: two counts of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. The convictions stem from two separate incidents that exposed a pattern of armed drug dealing and reckless evasion of police.
The first incident occurred on Dec. 31, 2014, when a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper stopped McDaniel’s vehicle. During the stop, officers discovered marijuana, 22 individually wrapped bags of cocaine, and a loaded firearm hidden beneath the driver’s seat. Though arrested, McDaniel was later released—only to reoffend while on parole.
On June 24, 2015, McDaniel led a Raytown, Mo., police officer on a high-speed pursuit that was called off due to the danger posed by his erratic driving. Minutes later, his vehicle was found crashed in a wooded area. McDaniel, identified as the driver, was arrested. A search of the car revealed another stash: a large amount of marijuana, 10 individually wrapped bags of cocaine, 11 bags of methamphetamine-laced pills, a digital scale, a grinder, and a loaded firearm on the driver’s seat.
McDaniel’s criminal record sealed his fate. He has prior felony convictions for distributing a controlled substance (three counts), possession of a controlled substance (two counts), tampering—during which he led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle—drug trafficking, and carrying a concealed weapon. His status as an armed career criminal triggered a mandatory minimum sentence under federal law.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alison D. Dunning and Emily A. Morgan and investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Raytown Police Department, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. McDaniel’s decade-long run of drugs, guns, and evasion is now over—at the cost of more than half a lifetime behind bars.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Weapons
- Source: Official Source ↗
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