St. Joseph man sentenced to 50 years for drug, money laundering conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KQTV) -- A St. Joseph, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.

Montrez Dixon, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 50 years in federal prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.

According to a news release, on July 29, 2020, law enforcement officers recovered a package shipped to Kansas City, Missouri, from Arizona, which contained 4,715 fentanyl pills.

The investigation revealed that Dixon distributed the package and others to the Western District of Missouri, containing thousands of fentanyl pills.

On Nov. 20, 2022, law enforcement officers with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service executed a search warrant on Dixon's home in Los Angeles, where over 7,500 fentanyl pills and a firearm were recovered.

Dixon fled to Fresno, California, where we was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service.

A jury found Dixon guilty on 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 money laundering.

Three others involved had already pleaded guilty in the case.