A Florissant, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for providing more than 34 kilograms of fentanyl to a large-scale drug trafficking organization in southwest Missouri.
Sheron L. Loggins, also known as “Bane,” 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 14 years in federal prison without parole.
On Nov. 14, 2022, Loggins pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute at least a kilogram of heroin and more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Loggins admitted that he provided fentanyl to co-defendant Jerry R. Wheeler, 49, of Springfield, who in turn supplied several other fentanyl/heroin distributors in the Springfield area from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019.
According to court documents, Loggins supplied more than 34 kilograms of fentanyl to the drug-trafficking organization.
Law enforcement officers stopped Loggins on Sept. 8, 2019, as he was traveling on Interstate 44 toward Springfield to deliver fentanyl. Officers searched his vehicle and found approximately 496 grams of fentanyl and a .45-caliber magazine loaded with five rounds of ammunition.
Loggins is the ninth defendant to be sentenced in this case, among 15 defendants who have pleaded guilty.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cameron A. Beaver and Jessica R. Eatmon. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Springfield, Mo., Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Bourbon, Mo., Police Department, and the Phelps County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.
