E. ST. LOUIS — A 46-year-old St. Louis man pleaded guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy — that included a Mt. Vernon woman — to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. According to court documents, Orlando Goss was a supplier of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine for distributors in the East St. Louis area. Goss was charged with knowingly participating in the conspiracy and with distributing fentanyl disguised as heroin.

Goss’s three co-defendants had already been sentenced. 44-year-old Ricardo Overton, formerly of Cahokia, was sentenced in February 2020 to 100 months in prison. Jodi Prater, 38, of Mt. Vernon, was sentenced last July to 24 months in prison. The third co-defendant, Amy Ring, 36, of Belleville, was sentenced last October to a prison term of 41 months. When his prison term is finished, Goss will serve four years on supervised release.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service investigated this case. This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation.