ST. LOUIS – A man whom federal prosecutors described as “an enforcer for a large drug conspiracy” appeared in federal court on Tuesday to be sentenced for a 2019 St. Louis murder.
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Freeman Whitfield IV, 29, was part of a criminal trafficking enterprise that moved drugs from Houston and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the St. Louis area.
The Drug Enforcement Agency launched an investigation into the enterprise in 2018, resulting in the seizure of $1.5 million in drug payouts as well as 25 kilograms of cocaine, 3 kilograms of fentanyl, 10 kilograms of heroin, luxury vehicles, watches, and guns.
Antonio Boyd, who ran drugs for Whitfield’s supplier, Guy Goolsby, was arrested on March 21, 2018. Whitfield heard Boyd might be cooperating with federal investigators and, according to prosecutors, “decided to kill him for it.”
Boyd was gunned down on Dec. 9, 2019, outside a St. Louis home. Another man was wounded in the shooting.