Omar Beasley and his co-conspirators trafficked heroin and
other drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit,
Chicago, and Minneapolis
Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today
announced the sentencing of OMAR SHARIF BEASLEY, 39, for leading a multi-state
heroin trafficking conspiracy. BEASLEY, who was charged along with 40 other
co-defendants on May 20, 2015, pleaded guilty to Count 1 of the indictment. The
defendant was sentenced today before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in United
States District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
"Omar Beasley led a drug trafficking organization that
flooded the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations with heroin and other
deadly drugs," said Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory Brooker. "I would
like to thank the dedicated prosecutors and law enforcement partners who worked
tirelessly to shut down this organization and bring this dangerous drug
trafficker to justice."
DEA Supervisory Special Agent Kent Bailey said: "This
defendant is a career criminal who preyed on the citizens of Minnesota and the
surrounding area with complete disregard for the community’s health and
welfare. Our communities will be much safer with him behind bars for a long
period of time."
Red Lake Police Department’s Public Safety Director William
Brunelle said: "The successful cooperation and outstanding partnership of
both tribal and federal agencies has clearly demonstrated a precise and
orchestrated strike against drug dealers in Indian Country. Today’s sentence
sends a strong message that tribal lands are no place to sell your drugs."
"Justice was served today," stated ATF Special
Agent in Charge James Modzelewski. "Although we were able to remove one
trafficker from the drug ring, we all need to remain vigilant. Others will
likely follow. I am confident that with the strong partnerships we have built
throughout this investigation anyone willing to put themselves in a similar
position as Omar Beasley will see the same fate. I want to thank all of our
partners for the tremendous job on this investigation. ATF is proud to be a
part of this collective investigative effort."
Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Minneapolis Division Richard Thornton said: "The sentence
handed down today reflects the seriousness of the major drug trafficking crimes
committed by the defendant. Our communities are much safer when drug
traffickers such as this are held accountable for the havoc they have caused
and lives they have ruined. This case sends a strong message that together with
our law enforcement partners we will arrest those who sell drugs for a living
and argue for substantial prison terms."
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent
Drew Evans said: "Heroin and prescription opioids have a devastating
effect on people in our communities and the loved ones of those afflicted with
this addiction. Holding Mr. Beasley accountable for the harm he inflicted
demonstrates that we will pursue anyone supplying these dangerous drugs in our
state."
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed
in court, from April 2014 through April 2015, OMAR SHARIF BEASLEY led a drug
trafficking conspiracy in which he recruited drug sources, managers,
distributors, facilitators, couriers and drivers to bring heroin and other
drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations in Minnesota and
Native American communities in North Dakota. BEASLEY would travel from
Minneapolis, Minn. to Red Lake, Minn., White Earth, Minn., and to North Dakota
to provide drugs to co-conspirators for distribution on the Indian
Reservations. BEASLEY would then return to major cities in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan to replenish the supply of drugs to bring
into Indian Country. BEASLEY and his co-conspirators also maintained drug stash
houses on the reservations and gave the proceeds of the drug sales to
co-conspirators.
To date, 39 co-defendants have pleaded guilty for their
respective roles in the conspiracy. One defendant remains at large:
WILLIAM DAVID
ALONZO, 25, was sentenced on March 2, 2017, to 120 months in prison and four
years of supervised release on Counts 8 and 10 of the indictment.
TRAVIS JAMES
BAKER, 27, was sentenced on April 14, 2016, to time served and three years of
supervised release on Count 2 of the indictment.
ROSE LYNN BARRETT,
29, was sentenced on April 28, 2016, to 39 months in prison and three years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
SONNIE MARIE
BARRETT, 28, was sentenced on December 2, 2015, to 60 months in prison and four
years of supervised release on Count 1 of a felony Information.
CALVIN BEASLEY,
60, will be sentenced on June 29, 2017.
TIMOTHY JOSEPH
BEAULIEU, JR., 35, was sentenced on January 18, 2017, to 60 months in prison
and five years of supervised release on Count 8 of the indictment.
WILLIE BELLAMY,
JR., 69, will be sentenced on May 18, 2017.
LAMARCUS ANTONIO
BROCK, 39, was sentenced on January 18, 2017, to 60 months in prison and five
years of supervised release on Count 1 of a felony Information.
MICHAEL TRAVELL
COLLINS, 40, will be sentenced on August 24, 2017.
MICHAEL JOSEPH
DOMINGUEZ, 31, was sentenced on April 14, 2016, to 72 months in prison and four
years of supervised release on Count 1 of a felony Information.
STACEY RAE
DUCHAINE, 26, was sentenced on August 3, 2016, to time served and three years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
ERNESTINE DUKES,
46, was sentenced on May 10, 2016, to 60 months in prison and four years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
MICHAEL LENIOR
DUKES, 49, was sentenced on February 24, 2017, to 120 months in prison and five
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
BRENDA ANN FAGAN,
69, will be sentenced on May 18, 2017.
WILLIAM JAMES
FASTHORSE, 27, was sentenced on May 8, 2017, to time served and three years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
APRIL MARIE
GRAVES, 33, was sentenced on October 26, 2016, to 20 months in prison and four
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
STEPHEN MARTIN
HOLLIS, 39, was sentenced on April 19, 2016, to 60 months in prison and four
years of supervised release on Count 12 of the indictment.
YALONZO RAMON
HULL, 52, will be sentenced on June 29, 2017.
DURIAL JOHN
JACKSON, 31, was sentenced on December 16, 2016, to 12 months and 1 day in
prison and three years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
JUSTIN LEE
JOHNSON, 26, was sentenced on December 14, 2016, to 65 months in prison and
three years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
VELVET ILENE
JOHNSON, 46, was sentenced on August 23, 2016, to 22 months in prison and three
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
GENE MICHAEL
KEEZER, 39, was sentenced on January 25, 2017, to 96 months in prison and three
years of supervised release on Count 1 of a felony Information.
NAKOYA HARRIS
KEEZER, 39, was sentenced on February 16, 2017, to 30 months in prison and
three years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
RODNEY LEE KEEZER,
38, was sentenced on April 26, 2017, to 60 months in prison and five years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
JARVIS ALLEN KING,
25, was sentenced on December 16, 2016, to 30 months in prison and three years
of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
JODI LYNN KJOLBERG,
46, was sentenced on September 23, 2016, to 18 months in prison and three years
of supervised release on Count 4 of the indictment.
YVETTE KOUAYARA,
55, was sentenced on March 2, 2017, to time served and three years of
supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
JENNIFER LYNN
OPPEGARD, 29, was sentenced on April 14, 2016, to 30 months in prison and three
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
JESSICA RAE
OPPEGARD, 38, was sentenced on February 24, 2017, to a three year term of
probation on Count 1 of a felony Information.
LEE ALLEN
OPPEGARD, 41, was sentenced on January 18, 2017, to 40 months in prison and
three years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
BURNEY ABDULAH
PEOPLES, 29, remains at large.
CHRISTOPHER ERVING
PEOPLES, 35, was sentenced on July 11, 2016, to 8 months in prison and three
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
RAVONNA RAYE
PEOPLES, 45, was sentenced on September 7, 2016, to time served and three years
of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
LUCAS JOHN
PETERSON, 28, was sentenced on April 28, 2017, to 120 months in prison and five
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
DOERON EARL
RAYFORD, 43, was sentenced on December 22, 2016, to 110 months in prison and
five years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
SHERRLENE ROSE
ROBERTS, 69, was sentenced on January 19, 2017, to a two year term of probation
on Count 1 of a felony Information.
MAISIE ANN
SARGENT, 27, was sentenced on August 26, 2016, to 30 months in prison and three
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
DALE ANDREW
SIGANA, 34, was sentenced on July 5, 2016, to 120 months in prison and five
years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
SARAH ELIZABETH
THOMPSON, 32, was sentenced on December 22, 2016, to 110 months in prison and
five years of supervised release on Count 1 of the indictment.
ROBYN JOANNE WIPF,
35, was sentenced on April 27, 2017, to a three year term of probation on Count
1 of the indictment.
This case is the result of a cooperative investigation
conducted by the Red Lake Police Department, the White Earth Police Department,
the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force, the FBI Safe Trails Task Force, the West
Central Minnesota Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, the Drug Enforcement
Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension, assisted by the following law enforcement agencies and task
forces, Becker County Sheriff’s Office, Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office,
Bemidji Police Department, Bloomington Police Department, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office, Customs and Border Protection,
Detroit Lakes Police Department, Frazee Police Department, Hubbard County
Sheriff’s Office, Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota Department of
Correction, Minnesota State Highway Patrol, Lakes to River Drug Task Force,
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force,
and Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Deidre
Y. Aanstad and Melinda A. Williams.
Defendant Information:
OMAR SHARIF BEASLEY, 39
Anoka County Jail
Convicted:
Conspiracy to
Distribute Heroin, Methamphetamine, Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Hydrocodone, and
Methadone, 1 count
Sentenced:
300 months in prison
10 years of
supervised release
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