MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that a federal jury found Michaela Karon McKinney guilty on three counts for her role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating between the Twin Cities metropolitan area and Greater Minnesota.
Following a two-day trial in Minneapolis before U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim starting on July 13, 2026, the jury returned a guilty verdict for McKinney on three counts including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
According to court documents, in 2023, investigators identified a Minneapolis-based fentanyl distributor known as “V,” later confirmed as La’Veal O. Allen, during an ongoing drug trafficking investigation from the Twin Cities to Greater Minnesota, specifically Bemidji. In late spring of 2023, police infiltrated Allen’s drug distribution network, and an undercover officer arranged fentanyl purchases from Allen…