BISMARCK – U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on January 11, 2019, Yancey J. Myers, a/k/a “Yam,” 39, Chicago, IL, was found guilty by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, distribution of a controlled substance and controlled substance analogue resulting in death, and distribution of heroin. United States District Court Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland presided.
On May 27, 2017, Yancey J. Myers distributed a substance containing a detectable amount of heroin and acryl fentanyl in Williston, ND. The use of the substance by the 23-year-old Williston man resulted in his death. An autopsy conducted by the North Dakota Forensic Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death was combined opioid drug poisoning due to the use of diacetylmorphine (heroin) and acryl fentanyl. The jury found that Yancey J. Myers had distributed and conspired with others to distribute heroin in the Williston community beginning in or about 2016 and continuing through the death of the Williston man. Yancey J. Myers was arrested while attempting to board a train in Minot, ND, destined for Chicago, IL, on May 29, 2017.
The charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $1,000,000 fine; the charge of distribution of a controlled substance and controlled substance analogue resulting in death carries a minimum/mandatory penalty of 20 years in federal prison, a statutory maximum penalty of life in federal prison, and a $1,000,000 fine; and the charge of distribution of heroin carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Williston Police Department, Northwest Narcotics Task Force, and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Sentencing for Yancey J. Myers has not been scheduled at this time.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Volk is prosecuting the case.
Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY
Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
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Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
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Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2
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Format: A1
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Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD
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Format: YYYYMMDD
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Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2
Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
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Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20
Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3
Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the third highest severity
Format: A20
Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE3
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE3
Format: A4
Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE3
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Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
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Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
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Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
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Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2
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