Kansas City Man Convicted in Major PCP Trafficking Case

0:00A 47-year-old Kansas City man just got convicted in a major drug trafficking case. Russell L. Spencer, Jr. was found guilty of conspiring to distribute more than 1 kilogram of PCP, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Prosecutors built the case on intercepted phone calls from May to September 2023, capturing Spencer and his crew coordinating PCP deals across the city. He's the final one of 16 defendants to face the music, with the other 15 already pleading guilty to their roles in the operation. Investigators revealed Spencer made repeated out-of-state trips to source the drug and flood Kansas City streets with it. Federal guidelines mean he's locked in for at least 10 years, without parole, potentially life behind bars, marking a serious blow to local, trafficking networks. That wraps Kansas news today, brought to you with AI.