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Date: 08-18-2020
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United States of America v. Deandre Chaney, a/k/a “Meazy”
Case Number: 4:19-cr-00461-AGF
Judge: Audrey G. Fleissig
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Description:
St. Louis, MO - The United States of America charged Deandre Chaney, a/k/a “Meazy” with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin.
According to court documents, between January and March of 2019, investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) utilized a Confidential Informant (hereinafter "CI") to conduct controlled purchases of marijuana, fentanyl, and heroin from both Deandre Chaney and his co-defendant, Daniel Strong. The CI arranged purchase marijuana, heroin, and fentanyl by contacting Chaney via multiple telephones that Chaney maintained. Chaney directed the CI to a locations where the transactions would take place. Members of the investigative team purchased marijuana and/or heroin and fentanyl from Chaney or Strong on January 28, February 1, February 5, February 8, February 13, February 21, March 1, March 7, March 22, and March 28, 2019. In total, members of the investigation team purchased approximately 65.71 grams of marijuana, approximately 31.89 grams of heroin, and approximately 31.09 grams of fentanyl. Investigators attempted to arrange for additional narcotics transactions with Chaney on April 12, 2019 and April 23, 2019, but both times Chaney and/or Strong provided the CI with fake narcotics.
Co-defendant Daniel Strong was sentenced on June 15, 2020 to 28 months in prison.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Angie Danis is handling this case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS, WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, A MIXTURE OR SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
(1r)
CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS, WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, A MIXTURE OR SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF HEROIN, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
(2r)
Outcome: The defendant pleaded guilty to counts one and two of the indictment on November 21, 2019. The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of 46 months. Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a term of three years. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defendant shall pay to the United States a special assessment of $100 on each count, for a to
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