A massive cross-country drug pipeline that funneled hundreds of pounds of narcotics from Southern California to Florida has officially been dismantled, resulting in a prison sentence that will keep its mastermind away for a very long time.
Omar Pitter, a 45-year-old San Diego man, was handed a sentence of 33 years and four months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge William F. Jung. The decision comes after a federal jury found Pitter guilty of orchestrating a sophisticated operation that involved shipping staggering amounts of methamphetamine and laundering the cash that poured in.
The case, announced by U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe, reads like a script for a crime drama. It all started back in February 2024 when the DEA began pulling at a single thread: a local dealer named Colin Zirpoli. By following the trail upward through a chain of suppliers—Elizabeth Poff, Tony Marsh, and Hopeton Goslin—investigators eventually hit the jackpot.
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A search of Goslin’s property alone turned up 45 kilograms of meth, but even he was just a middleman.
The real source was Pitter, who agents discovered had been using commercial shipping services to move drugs since 2023. Evidence presented at trial suggested that Pitter was responsible for moving roughly 34 kilograms of cocaine and nearly 700 pounds of methamphetamine.
The operation wasn’t a solo act. Pitter relied on his friend, Ciara Guss, who acted as a broker and handled the logistics of shipping packages across the United States. While Pitter got more than 33 years, Guss didn’t walk away clean; she was sentenced to 18 years for her role in the conspiracy.
Federal agents didn’t just find drugs; they found the lifestyle that came with them. When they raided Pitter’s home, they uncovered $400,000 in high-end jewelry and stacks of suspicious money orders.
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The investigation eventually pivoted to Pitter’s girlfriend, Keona Fulton, who was accused of using business bank accounts to “wash” the drug money.
This allowed the couple to live a life of luxury, spending the proceeds on designer clothes and expensive cars. While Pitter and Guss are already headed to prison, Fulton’s fate is still being decided as she awaits her own sentencing for money laundering.
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