Wichita woman sold 1,000 fentanyl pills to KBI informant. She’s going to prison
A federal judge sentenced a Wichita woman to four years in federal prison Wednesday for selling fentanyl pills to a confidential informant working with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, court records show.
Shakorra D. Bonds, 36, pleaded guilty in December to one count of distribution of a controlled substance.
“Agents coordinated a purchase of controlled substances from Bonds which resulted in the sale of 1,000 fentanyl pills,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas said in a news release. “In her plea agreement, Bonds admitted to selling pills that she knew contained fentanyl.”
In March 2024, the KBI received information from the confidential informant about Bonds selling fentanyl in Wichita. The KBI used that informant to “set up buys” from Bonds, who agreed to sell 1,000 fentanyl pills for $3,800. Bonds met the informant to carry out the sale at a Wichita barbershop on April 4, 2024, her plea agreement says.
“The pills were sent to the KBI Laboratory and determined to contain fentanyl with an approximate weight of 96.61 grams,” or about 3.4 ounces, the plea agreement says.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is about 100 times more potent the morphine, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It is often mixed with other substances, including methamphetamine and heroin, and can be lethal in tiny two-milligram doses, depending on a person’s body size and tolerance.
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 44, with fentanyl as a major culprit in causing many lives to be tragically cut short,” U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser said in the news release.
