Show-Me State Times

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis, Missouri man on Monday admitted to receiving drugs shipped to St. Louis and mailing out the resulting drug proceeds.

Timothy Carter, 35, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. His co-defendant, A.D. Harris, 31, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty to the same charge in December.

Both men admitted receiving drugs in the mail and mailing the proceeds of the drug sales. On Aug. 23, 2021, investigators spotted a suspicious package being mailed to an address in the 4800 block of Allemania Street in St. Louis. The package was shipped in a retail box for a microwave. Harris then took the package to Carter’s home in the 7300 block of Hampshire Drive.

On Sept. 8, 2021, investigators spotted a microwave box being mailed from St. Louis to Texas. A court-approved search uncovered $28,500 in drug proceeds heavily wrapped inside the shell of a microwave, according to Carter’s plea agreement. Fingerprints of Harris and Carter were found on the microwave or wrappings that concealed the currency.

Investigators later identified another microwave box that was being shipped to an address associated with a relative of Harris. On October 4, Harris picked up the package. When law enforcement tried to stop Harris, he fled at high speed to Carter’s house. Agents followed Harris into the garage and arrested both Harris and Carter.

Investigators seized Harris’ vehicle along with $11,000, several mobile devices, and a notebook containing a drug ledger and receipts, including one for purchasing a microwave on Sept. 7, 2021. Agents recovered $4,000 in drug proceeds from a relative of Harris and a package containing $7,000 in drug proceeds. A package in Harris’ vehicle contained 406.92 grams of fentanyl.

Carter is scheduled to be sentenced on September 30th while Harris was sentenced in March to 87 months in prison.

The U.S Postal Inspection Service, Homeland Security Investigations and FBI investigated this case with Assistant U.S Attorney Stephen Casey prosecuting it.