PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 21-year-old woman from Damascus was sentenced to two years in federal prison after running a social media drug distribution service to target minors in the Portland metro area, according to the Oregon Department of Justice.
Averi Dickinson, who was 19 at the time of her arrest, was originally charged with a criminal complaint of conspiring to distribute and distributing controlled substances, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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In January 2023, the FBI began investigating Dickinson after learning she ran a drug distribution service called “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” according to court documents. Officials said she advertised and took orders for illegal narcotics on Instagram, Snapchat and Telegram.
Investigators found that Dickinson had been running the service for up to three years, taking orders for cocaine, LSD, MDMA, ketamine, marijuana and pills – both real and fake, authorities said.
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Dickinson was also identified as a supply source within a larger drug distribution chain responsible for several drug overdoses in minors.
In June 2023,investigators said they seized cocaine, ketamine, marijuana, counterfeit Xanax bars, over $3,000 in cash, a loaded 9mm handgun with an extended magazine, a loaded AR-style rifle, as well as a bulletproof vest from Dickinson’s home and vehicle…