U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark | Wikipedia
U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark | Wikipedia
A Kansas City, Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Donnique H. Kelley, 36, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark, admitting involvement in a scheme to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
Court documents indicate that between December 14, 2022, and March 23, 2023, Kelley and others sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to law enforcement officials on seven occasions. On September 12, 2023, during a traffic stop on East 63rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, authorities found a co-conspirator with over four kilograms of methamphetamine, two kilograms of marijuana, and more than $14,000 in cash.
Kelley faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years and up to life in federal prison without parole. The actual sentence will be determined by the court after considering advisory guidelines and other statutory factors following a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brad K. Kavanaugh is prosecuting the case. The investigation involved multiple agencies: the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Jackson County Drug Task Force, the Kansas City Police Department (Missouri), and the Overland Park Police Department (Kansas).
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF uses a multi-agency approach led by prosecutors to target high-level criminal organizations threatening the United States. More information about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
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