By Gangsters Inc. Editors
If you needed cocaine in St. Louis, chances were this guy was your pusher. 54-year-old Ronald “Big Stink” Gales, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to drug charges on Monday, admitting he was the principal supplier of a drug trafficking organization supplying cocaine to other distributors operating in the St. Louis area.
Officially, Gales pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Beginning in 2018, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and St. Louis County Police Department began an investigation into Gales. During the course of the investigation, law enforcement executed search warrants at various residences of individuals supplied by Gales, where they recovered distributable amounts of cocaine and cocaine base.
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Investigators also conducted controlled purchases of cocaine from Gales and conducted surveillance of Gales’ operations before ultimately executing a federal search warrant at Gales’ residence in October of 2019. Investigators found two .40 caliber handguns, $46,000 in cash, and drug trafficking paraphernalia, as well as distribution quantities of cocaine and cocaine base.
His sentencing is scheduled for September 28, 2021. Gales faces a minimum term of imprisonment of ten years and a maximum term of life in federal prison.
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