TPD OFFICER RECOGNIZED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota recently honored Investigator Adam Cook of the Mille Lacs Tribal Police, along with BCA Special Agent Mike Dieter (previously of the Mille Lacs Band Tribal Police) and BCA Analyst Lindsey Bartholdi for their excellent work in United States v. Dimitric Timopkin Wilson and United States v. Allen Lee Goodwin. They were each awarded the 2024 U.S. Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Award for their exemplary work on the aforementioned cases.

In short, Wilson was a fentanyl trafficker who brought large amounts of fentanyl from his source of supply in Detroit into Minnesota. Wilson sold to Goodwin, and Goodwin brought fentanyl onto the Mille Lacs Reservation to distribute, resulting in one victim on the Reservation who died from a fentanyl overdose.

Allen Lee Goodwin pleaded guilty to one count of distributing fentanyl resulting in death. The decedent lived on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.

Dimitric Timopkin Wilson was convicted at a jury trial of one count each of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl with intent to distribute, and one count of distributing fentanyl while on pretrial release. Due to his prior federal controlled substance conviction from the Eastern District of Michigan, Wilson faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years imprisonment for the possession with intent to distribute offense and a mandatory consecutive sentence of up to 10 years for distributing fentanyl while on pretrial release.

“This has been an important case for the community. We acknowledge and thank you for your leadership, your hard work, your sacrifice, and your excellence,” in a statement from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota.