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Date: 09-23-2021
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Case Number: 0:20-cr-00141-DWF-TNL
Judge: Donovan W. Frank
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: St. Pual, MN: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.
Lyndon Aukeem Swarn, a/k/a Lyndon Aukeem Wiggins, 36, trafficked large amounts of imitation oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. In October 2019, law enforcement searched two properties associated with Swarn and seized more than 1,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 120 pounds of marijuana, three firearms, and $22,300 in cash. Law enforcement agents also raided Swarn’s farm in Ironwood, Michigan, and seized 300 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl-laced pills, Swarn’s passport, and more than $8,000 in cash.
According to court documents, following the raids, Swarn continued his fentanyl trafficking activities. On July 21, 2020, law enforcement arrested Swarn and executed a search warrant on his Hopkins residence and his vehicle. As a result of the searches, law enforcement seized a total of 34,640 fentanyl-laced pills, $21,000 in cash, and a firearm.
Swarn has also been charged in Hennepin County District Court with first-degree premeditated murder in connection to the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a local real estate agent.
Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk for the District of Minnesota made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced the defendant.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Minneapolis Police Department, and the Hopkins Police Department, with assistance from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Dunne and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey S. Paulsen.
Outcome: 09/24/2021 89 SENTENCING JUDGMENT as to Lyndon Aukeem Swarn (1). SENTENCED to Count 5s, Custody of the BOP for 228 months; 10 years supervised release; $100.00 special assessment. Remaining counts dismissed. Signed by Judge Donovan W. Frank on 9/24/2021. (MKB) (Entered: 09/24/2021)
09/24/2021 90 Statement of Reasons as to Lyndon Aukeem Swarn (Restricted Document). (cc: FLU and USA Close Out Unit) (MKB) (Entered: 09/24/2021)
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