DAVENPORT, IA – On January 12, 2022, a Burlington man was sentenced to prison for
his involvement in a drug conspiracy dating back to 2001. Alphonso Edmond, Jr., age 43, was
sentenced to 180 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal prison system. United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa Richard D. Westphal made the announcement.
Edmond was among eight individuals from Burlington who were charged federally in
November 2019, after the execution of numerous federal search warrants in Burlington, and
elsewhere. Edmond was found to have been involved in a conspiracy to distribute ice
methamphetamine and cocaine base (a.k.a. crack cocaine). Edmond was also found to have
carried a firearm related to his drug trafficking activities.
Others charged as a part of this case include Kendrick Ramon Page, who was found guilty
by a jury and was sentenced to 340 months of imprisonment; Breon Raquon Armstrong, who was
found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to 210 months of imprisonment; Tristan Kareem Davis,
who was found guilty by jury and is awaiting sentencing; Lavelle Harris, who pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to 262 months of imprisonment; Lamar Harris, who pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to 210 months of imprisonment; Frederrick Dewayne Reed, who pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to 160 months imprisonment; and Michael Rees, who pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to 151 months of imprisonment. Other individuals associated with this drug trafficking
organization have also been federally charged in the Southern District of Iowa, the Central District
of Illinois, and the Northern District of Texas.
These charges stem from an investigation conducted by numerous federal, state, and local
law enforcement agencies, including: the Southeast Iowa Narcotics Taskforce; Burlington Police
Department; Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation; West Central
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Illinois Taskforce; Quincy, Illinois, Police Department; Drug Enforcement Administration; Iowa
Division of Narcotics Enforcement; Henry County Sheriff’s Office; Mt. Pleasant Police
Department; West Burlington Police Department; Keokuk Police Department; Ft. Madison Police
Department; Lee County Sheriff’s Office; Iowa City Police Department; Johnson County
Sheriff’s Office; North Liberty Police Department; Coralville Police Department; Muscatine
County Sheriff’s Office; Louisa County Sheriff’s Office; Washington County Sheriff’s Office;
Bettendorf Police Department; Illinois State Police; Monmouth, Illinois, Police Department;
Macomb, Illinois, Police Department; Galesburg, Illinois, Police Department; Adams County,
Illinois, Sheriff’s Office; and Fulton County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office.
This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District
of Iowa.