Federal judge sentences Columbia woman for trafficking meth
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A federal judge sentenced a Columbia woman for trafficking meth after she received a large package of meth shipped from California to distribute locally in April 2019.
Cassiopeia Marie Blaise, 37, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison without parole.
Blaise pleaded guilty in August 2021 to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
On April 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California that had been shipped to the residence shared by co-defendant Bryan Patton Tullous and Blaise. The package contained approximately 5.6 pounds of meth in five individual packages that weighed approximately one pound (453 grams) each.
Officers also found a dozen firearms in various areas of the residence.
Tullous, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2022, to 10 years and 11 months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute meth.
Tullous admitted that he ordered the package and paid $12,000 for the meth.
