7 Minnesotans sentenced for fentanyl trafficking

DULUTH, Minn. —  Seven Minnesotans have been sentenced for trafficking thousands of fentanyl pills into the state, including four people from the Northland.

According to court documents, Latre Lamont Anderson, Khianna Rose Clark-Strong, Jacquez O’Neal Fondern, Rozell Antonio Grainger, Issac Oneal Maiden, Olivia Mae Erin Martineau-Johns and Jeremy James Nelson-Caban, Jr. were members of a drug trafficking organization responsible for the distribution of hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills throughout Minnesota, including the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation.

Between the summer of 2022 and 2023, three of the defendants frequently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to obtain large quantities of fentanyl, which they would mail back to addresses in the Twin Cities, often concealing pills in toys or household items.

Martineau-Johns also obtained fentanyl for distribution from Nelson-Caban and Fondern.

An investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 200,000 fentanyl pills, four firearms, and thousands of dollars in cash.

The following sentences were imposed by U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis over the prior
several weeks:

• Latre Lamont Anderson, of Minneapolis, was sentence to 156 months followed by 5 years
of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.

• Issac Oneal Maiden, of Saint Paul, was sentence to 156 months followed by 3 years of
supervised release for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

• Rozell Antonio Grainger, of St. Paul, was sentence to 120 months followed by 5 years of
supervised release.

• Jeremy James Nelson-Caban, Jr., of Duluth, was sentenced to 36 months followed by 3
years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

• Olivia Mae Erin Martineau-Johns, of Cloquet, was sentenced to 9 months followed by 2
years of supervised release for violating her condition(s) of supervised release.

• Jacquez O’Neal Fondern, of Duluth, was sentence to time served followed by 3 years of
supervised release for distribution of fentanyl.

• Khianna Rose Clark-Strong, of Duluth, was sentenced to time served followed by
supervised release until October 23, 2027, for violating her condition(s) of supervised
release.