KC Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy in Mid-Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in mid-Missouri.

David Wayne Lederhos, 54, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 13 years in federal prison without parole.

On March 27, 2017, Lederhos pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from November 2015 to Feb. 10, 2016.

A cooperating individual made a controlled purchase of approximately two ounces of methamphetamine from Lederhos on Feb. 4, 2016. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Lederhos’s residence on Feb. 10, 2016. They found a Ziploc bag that contained eight separate baggies, each of which contained methamphetamine, for a total of 364 grams of methamphetamine. Officers also found a loaded Beretta 12-gauge shotgun, drug paraphernalia and approximately 19 grams of marijuana in the bedroom.

Lederhos told investigators that he had purchased one pound of methamphetamine the previous day for $8,000. He also stated that he purchased approximately one or two pounds of methamphetamine every day or every other day over a four-month period of time.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lawrence E. Miller. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Jackson County Drug Task Force, the Cooper County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department and the East Central Drug Task Force.