Wichita Woman Gets 4 Years for Fentanyl Flood

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Shakorra Bonds, 36, of Wichita, is heading to prison for four years after pushing a thousand fentanyl pills onto the streets. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents caught her red-handed in March 2024, buying the deadly pills directly from her. Bonds admitted she knew exactly what she was selling.

The KBI started investigating after receiving tips that Bonds was dealing fentanyl in Wichita. An undercover buy confirmed the intel. One grand total: 1,000 pills, enough to kill a lot of people. She pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance, cutting a deal with federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors aren’t sugarcoating the danger. U.S. Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser pointed to the rising death toll from overdoses – fentanyl is a primary driver – and thanked the KBI for working to pull this poison off the streets. It’s a grim reality: the feds are scrambling to contain a crisis that’s claiming the lives of young people at an alarming rate.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Katie Andrusak handled the prosecution. Bonds will have plenty of time to think about her choices while serving her 48-month sentence. This case highlights the ongoing, brutal fight against fentanyl flooding into communities across the country.