EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Illinois, Southern), published as received.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Deandre Young, 42, of Saint Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to one count of
aiding and abetting co-defendant Lamondra Beckley’s possession with intent to
distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a
drug trafficking offense on Thursday, October 7 in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Young was charged for the offenses on April 6, 2021. Young acknowledged that on March 11, 2021,
he helped arrange the sale of approximately 114 grams of methamphetamine by his co-defendant
Lamondra Beckley to a customer at a gas station in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Young
was in possession of a firearm when agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested him.
Sentencing is scheduled on February 9, 2022. Under federal law, Young faces a
mandatory minimum of 5 years imprisonment for these offenses.
This matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel T. Kapsak is prosecuting the case.
