KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas City man has been sentenced on federal charges of distribution of heroin, according to acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard.
Titus Sanders, 24, was sentenced on April 1, 2021 to 144 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Sanders entered a guilty plea on October 19, 2020. According to court records, this investigation began when Westwood, Kansas police responded to a Walmart and found a man suffering from a drug overdose. The victim later died as result of the overdose. Information contained on the victim’s cell phone led police to Sanders as the source of the heroin purchase.