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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An Inglewood man faces sentencing Thursday for running a drug ring that sold cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and crack on darknet marketplaces and shipped the narcotics in vials hidden in stuffed animals.
Jerrell Anderson, 34, pleaded guilty in June in downtown Los Angeles to conspiracy and two other federal counts, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A co-defendant, Adan Sepulveda, 31, of Lancaster was sentenced in April to five years behind bars for his role in the ring.
Three other Lancaster residents were charged in 2019 with membership in the "Drugpharmacist" drug trafficking organization, named for the moniker it used on darknet marketplaces Wall Street Market and Dream.
The defendants hid the drugs inside stuffed animals and mailed them at post offices throughout Los Angeles, according to documents filed in Los Angeles federal court.
One shipment of heroin in August 2018 resulted in the fatal overdose of a victim in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors said an investigation into the organization confirmed that the ring used stash houses in the San Fernando Valley to package drugs for delivery.