A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine that was mailed to him by a co-conspirator in California.
Javier Rashad Rosser, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from April 4, 2016, to April 4, 2017.
According to federal authorities, co-defendant Shadeed Seifullah Muhammad, 42, of Compton, California, mailed a package that contained nearly 2 pounds of methamphetamine from California to an address in Columbia on April 4, 2016. This package was tracked online by a computer IP address that was traced to Rosser's residence.
Co-defendant Robert Istill McNair, 32, of Jefferson City, picked up the package from a co-conspirator at the Columbia residence. McNair traveled to Jefferson City with the package with the intent to deliver it to Rosser. He had instructions to leave the package of methamphetamine in a car at his workplace in Jefferson City, but Rosser never picked it up. On the same day, Rosser deposited $5,500 into the bank account of Muhammad's girlfriend.
Muhammad mailed another package, which contained approximately 1 pound, 9 ounces of methamphetamine, from California to an address at Lincoln University in Jefferson City on March 30, 2017. A student at Lincoln later told investigators Rosser had asked her to pick up the package and deliver it to him. On April 4, 2017, U.S. Postal Inspection agents set up a controlled delivery and surveillance at the Lincoln University mailroom. When an individual arrived to pick up the package from the mailroom, he was arrested.
Muhammad also admitted he had mailed a package that contained 2 pounds of methamphetamine to an address in Jefferson City nearly a year earlier. The package was seized by the U.S. Post Office on March 11, 2016. According to computer IP addresses, the package was being tracked online by Muhammad and Rosser.
Muhammad and McNair have pleaded guilty to their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy and await sentencing.
Under federal statutes, Rosser is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. His sentence will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a pre-sentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.