POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Three Polk County residents have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges of intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Jevonn Clayton, 48, Auburndale, Venus Lott, 45, Bartow, and Richardson Sid, 40, Winter Haven, each face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
Sentencing hearings have not yet been scheduled.
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According to the plea agreement, on August 11, 2022, Clayton agreed to transport suitcases containing methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Orlando on behalf of a drug trafficker.
Shortly after that, Clayton and the drug trafficker recruited Lott and Sid to travel to California to assist in transporting the suitcases.
On August 16, 2022, Clayton, Lott, and Sid departed Los Angeles for Orlando with five suitcases packed with large amounts of methamphetamine.
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation were investigating inbound flights at the Orlando airport.
The agents located and searched the suitcases belonging to Clayton, Lott, and Sid and recovered several vacuum-sealed bags that contained over 35 kilograms of methamphetamine.
The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated this case
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