MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Christopher Charles Traxler, 32, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking operation responsible for procuring mass quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine for further distribution. Traxler is one of three defendants in U.S. v. Cryer et al. (24-cr-206).
According to court documents, on June 3, 2024, Traxler and a co-defendant, Amir McKeever, 33, received a bulk shipment of controlled substances-seven boxes that collectively contained over 200 pounds of methamphetamine and 26 pounds of cocaine. Traxler and McKeever transported the methamphetamine and cocaine to a St. Paul apartment Traxler maintained as a stash location. The following day, McKeever transferred four of the seven boxes, which contained approximately 140 pounds of the methamphetamine, to another co-defendant, Jumoke Cryer.
On June 5, 2024, law enforcement executed search warrants at Traxler’s St. Paul apartment and at a townhome in Woodbury, Minnesota. Inside McKeever’s Woodbury townhome, law enforcement found McKeever as well as drug packaging material, an electronic money counter, an electric heat sealer, over $110,000 in cash, and eight firearms with associated ammunition. Officers also found over 85 grams of cocaine and approximately 14 grams of marijuana at the townhome…