Sikeston Man Sentenced on Drug Distribution

Sikeston, Mo. (KFMO) - A man from Sikeston, 33 year old Steven K. Townsend, is facing 10 years in prison after being sentenced last Friday for distributing fentanyl.

At his guilty plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau last year, Townsend admitted he sold a quantity of fentanyl to an individual in Sikeston in July of 2023. Unbeknownst to Townsend at the time, the individual purchasing the fentanyl was working as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to court documents, Townsend was on parole supervision through the State of Missouri for a prior drug trafficking conviction when he sold the fentanyl.

After his release from prison, Townsend will be placed on a three year term of supervised release.