Reginald Dinez Johnson, a/k/a Cedric Miller, 35, St. Louis, Missouri was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months on drug and fraud charges. His co-defendants, Carl Alexander, 39, Black Jack, Missouri, Terry Brown, 36, Brandon, St. Louis, Missouri, Edward Quentin Anderson, 36, St. Louis, Missouri and Patricia Alexander-Butler, 58, St. Louis, Missouri await sentencing.

According to testimony presented at trial, Edward Anderson was the leader of a criminal enterprise responsible for the distribution of more than 150 kilos of cocaine and 30 kilos of PCP in the St. Louis area. He was also engaged in illegal monetary transactions to launder the proceeds of the drug conspiracy.

Between July and December 2001, Edward Anderson, Carl Alexander, and Alexander’s mother, Patricia Alexander Butler, a/k/a Patricia Washington, conspired to defraud a bank in the purchase of a property in Black Jack, Missouri, for $269,000. Butler inflated her assets and income and stated that the residence was to be her primary residence, when in fact it was being purchased for Carl Alexander. Edward Anderson provided the money for cashier’s checks for various transactions during the purchase of the property, but listed Butler as the remitter to conceal the source of the funds and make it appear that she was using her own funds at closing.

Multiple other defendants were indicted and convicted in connection with the drug trafficking operation.