Man receives 9-year sentence for drug trafficking
Jul. 2—A man who pleaded guilty for his role in distributing fentanyl in Northwest Missouri was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison.
Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, of Newtown, Missouri, admitted guilt in February to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl from Oct. 27, 2020, to Jan. 24, 2023, and being involved in money laundering.
In addition to the nine-year sentence without parole, Coltrain also must forfeit $10,000 representing proceeds he received from drug trafficking to the government.
According to court documents, Coltrain distributed at least 5,662 fentanyl pills made to appear to be prescription pharmaceuticals by members of a Mexican cartel. Coltain's Facebook message records show that he was receiving M30 pills "by the 1000s" and selling them for $40 a pill.
Coltrain admitted knowing that people were dying after taking the M30 pills, federal prosecutors said. His sales continued even after the death of an acquaintance on July 17, 2021. Coltrain was hospitalized for a fentanyl overdose in August 2023 after he was released on bond in this case.
Coltrain admitted that he wired approximately $10,000 to $15,000 in proceeds from the distribution of fentanyl to Mexico.
The case was investigated by several federal agencies as well as the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, the Grundy County Sheriff's Department and Prosecuting Attorney's Office, the Trenton Police Department, the Northwest Missouri Drug Task Force and the Mercer County Sheriff's Department.
