Armed Kent, Washington, drug trafficker sentenced to six years in prison for role in a family-led drug conspiracy

Seattle - A 33-year-old Kent, Washington, resident who evidence shows participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy while armed with firearms, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for drug trafficking, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Treyvon Mitchell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in March 2026. Mitchell was identified as a member of the Jackson Family Drug Trafficking Organization that was indicted with 14 arrests in October 2024. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead said, "You were part of a conspiracy to distribute drugs across state lines and you were armed while doing it…fentanyl is already deadly on its own. People died here. Three people died in one day on the Lummi reservation from fentanyl that this conspiracy was pumping into that community…that was the business you were in. And the guns made it worse."

"This wire-tap investigation revealed Mr. Mitchell and alleged drug trafficking leader Marquise Jackson discussing their drug distribution conspiracy as well as sex trafficking activity," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. "Equally disturbing, a gun seized in a search of Mitchell's home has been tied to three different Seattle shootings. This sentence is needed to protect the public."

According to records filed in the case, Mitchell was identified as a co-conspirator in the Jackson Family drug distribution ring. Mitchell was a high-level member of the group which distributed more than 800,000 fentanyl pills throughout the United States, including in Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Montana, and Georgia. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized more than 846,000 fentanyl pills, nearly 7 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 7 kilograms of cocaine and 29 firearms. They also seized more than $116,000 in cash.

In October 2024, the home Mitchell shared with his mother was searched by law enforcement. Four firearms were recovered as well as cocaine, fentanyl pills, marijuana and other drugs. One of the firearms has been linked to shell casings found at the

scenes of three Seattle-area shootings: a June 2021 shooting that left two injured near an elementary school in central Seattle; a September 2021 shooting in Burien where Mitchell's mother's ex-boyfriend was pistol-whipped and his car was shot up; and a July 2022 shooting outside a bar in Renton.

Both Mitchell and Marquise Jackson are known members of the street gang 44 Holly Crips. Mitchell denies belonging to the street gang, but his text messages as well as assorted jewelry seized in the case indicate he is a member. Mitchell's gold chains, seized by law enforcement as proceeds of crime, are adorned with a large diamond encrusted gold "44" and other symbols tied to his street name "Makin Money Mitch."

Evidence in the case indicates that Mitchell's criminal association with the Jackson drug trafficking organization dates back to December 2020 and that he began working as a drug distributor no later than January 2023. Mitchell was indicted in April 2025.

In asking for an 87-month prison sentence prosecutors wrote to the court that Mitchell was no mere pawn in the drug conspiracy saying, "Mitchell also participated in the planning and organizing of the criminal activity and exercised decision-making authority over his drugs. Intercepted texts from Mitchell's phone show him plotting with other co-conspirators to obtain a supplier of fentanyl pills, agreeing to profit sharing, and determining the price he would sell the pill drugs for."

"Mr. Mitchell was a trusted associate of the leadership of this drug trafficking organization, helping to distribute huge amounts of fentanyl across the United States," said W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle field office. "Let this sentence send a message that the FBI and our partners are committed to removing highly dangerous and addictive drugs from our communities and combatting the violent crime that so often accompanies it."

"Fentanyl trafficking and gun violence go hand in hand, and this case demonstrates the devastating impact these criminal organizations have on our communities," said Robert A. Saccone, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Seattle Field Division. "This defendant helped fuel a conspiracy responsible for distributing hundreds of thousands of deadly fentanyl pills and possessing a firearm tied to multiple shootings. DEA's Fentanyl Free America focuses on disrupting these violent trafficking networks, reducing the availability of fentanyl, and saving American lives. Through strong partnerships with federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement, we are making our communities safer."

These investigations and prosecutions are part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders.

This case is being investigated by the FBI, (Seattle, Phoenix, Atlanta, Kansas City, Dallas, Las Vegas, Montana), DEA (Seattle, Kansas City, Wichita, Montana), the Seattle Police Department, King County Sheriff's Office, Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force, the Lummi Police Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and United States Border Patrol Blaine Sector Targeting and Intelligence Division.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Zach Dillon, Crystal Correa, and Michael Harder.