Charleston Man Sentenced to Serve 8 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming announced Tuesday that a man from Charleston, Missouri was sentenced to eight years in prison for the offense of distribution of fentanyl.

Kyrron Haynes, 29, appeared Monday before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau.

At his guilty plea hearing last year, Haynes admitted that he sold a quantity of fentanyl to an individual in Charleston on two separate occasions in March 2023. Unbeknownst to Haynes, the buyer was working as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). At the time of the offenses, Haynes was on parole supervision through the State of Missouri for a prior drug-trafficking conviction. After serving the 8-year sentence, Haynes will be placed on supervised release for three years.

The DEA, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety and the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Koester prosecuted the case.