California man gets 15 years in federal prison for mailing meth to Columbia for distribution
A California man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to mail large quantities of methamphetamine to Columbia for distribution.
Kameron Terrell Howard, 26, of Compton, Calif., was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole.
On Jan. 19, 2017, Howard pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Co-defendants Melissa Guerra, 35, Jeremy Dennis Maxwell, 31, and his wife, Stephanie Anne Maxwell, 34, all of Columbia, and Calvanisha Yvette West, 28, of California, have also pleaded guilty to participating in the conspiracy.
According to the official release, postal inspectors identified a suspicious parcel mailed from California to Guerra’s address on Nov. 6, 2015. After a drug canine alerted to the package, investigators found 444.8 grams of pure methamphetamine. A second suspicious parcel identified on the same day, mailed to a different address, contained almost 1.4 kilograms of pure methamphetamine.
Postal inspectors executed a controlled delivery of the first parcel on Nov. 10, 2015. Federal agents and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) helped with the investigation. Eventually, canine units with the Columbia Police Department were able to track Howard to a shed located inside a locked gate at a nearby residence and he was arrested.
