Evergreen Reporter

A Santa Clarita man, Jerrell Eugene Anderson, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization based in Los Angeles. The group distributed heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine through darknet marketplaces. United States District Judge George H. Wu handed down the 96-month sentence.

Anderson, 34, admitted guilt on June 10 to charges including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm related to drug trafficking. Between July 2018 and March 2019, he collaborated with others to sell drugs on platforms such as Dream and Wall Street Market under aliases like “Drugpharmacist” and “rickandmortyshop.”

The operation involved packaging drugs in stuffed animals for shipment from San Fernando Valley stash houses via post offices throughout Los Angeles. In one instance in August 2018, heroin sold by Anderson led to a fatality in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In March 2019, Anderson was found with methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and a semiautomatic pistol at an apartment in Glendale. His co-defendants—Christopher Canion Von Holton of Woodland Hills; Kenneth Lashawn Hadley of Las Vegas; Adan Sepulveda of Palmdale; and Jackie Walter Burns of Lancaster—have also pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.

The investigation was conducted by several agencies including the United States Postal Inspection Service, FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia, Knoxville Police Department in Tennessee, and Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Khaldoun Shobaki and Lauren Restrepo from the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section.