A Boone County, Illinois, man was sentenced on July 10 to more than 24 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Bradley Walters’s business, Black Sheep Vintage in Roscoe, Illinois, on Oct. 25, 2022. Inside the premises, officers found more than a kilogram of fentanyl pills, over 100 grams of pure methamphetamine, more than four kilograms of methamphetamine pills, and other suspected controlled substances. Officers also discovered a loaded pellet gun designed to resemble a Glock firearm.
The search warrant followed several controlled purchases of drugs from Walters by law enforcement officers, including one at his business the day before the warrant was carried out.
Walters, age 51 and from Caledonia, Illinois, pleaded guilty in 2025 to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston sentenced him to 24 years and four months in federal prison.
The sentence was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Todd C. Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration; with participation from the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and DEA. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Ladd represented the government.