Law and Justice

Lodi man pleads guilty to federal heroin trafficking charges

D.A. Gougherty

Mar 23, 2023 — 1 min read

Could face up to 40 years in prison

A Lodi, Calif. man entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, March 21, at U.S. District Court in Sacramento to charges of conspiracy to traffic heroin.

Kenneth O’Neil, 49, of Lodi, entered the plea after investigators showed between June 7, 2018, and June 28, 2018, he sold at least 563 grams of heroin to a co-conspirator, who then sold those drugs to an undercover agent.

O’Neil will be sentenced on June 27, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum statutory penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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