A Nevada, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Trenton D. Wallace, 28, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark. Wallace’s sentencing comes after he pleaded guilty on December 14, 2023, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and attempting to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
The arrest occurred on February 16, 2022, when an Oklahoma State Highway Patrol trooper stopped Wallace, who was driving a Chevrolet Impala, on Interstate 44. Wallace denied having any firearms, but the trooper seized a Freedom Arms .22-caliber pistol, disguised to look like a belt buckle when Wallace reached for it as a drug-sniffing dog was being deployed. In addition to the firearm, Wallace was found in possession of $4,206 in cash.
Following the deployment of the police dog, which alerted to the presence of drugs, troopers searched the vehicle. Inside a duffel bag, they discovered approximately 25 pounds of methamphetamine, packaged in ten large plastic bags. Additionally, troopers found a loaded H&K 9mm semi-automatic pistol under the driver’s seat and a loaded Sig Sauer .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol under the passenger’s seat.
Court documents revealed that Wallace is an active and high-ranking member of the Southwest Honkey’s prison gang. The methamphetamine seized from Wallace’s vehicle was enough to supply two doses of methamphetamine, each dose weighing 0.25 grams, to every man, woman, and child in Vernon County, Missouri.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica R. Eatmon and investigated by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team.
