St. Louis Man Caught with Guns and Drugs After Throwing Dog Out of Window Sentenced

ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Thursday sentenced a man caught with guns and fentanyl after throwing a French bulldog out of a window to 75 months in prison.

On Oct. 19, 2023, police investigating the theft of two French bulldogs set up a meeting to "buy" the dogs. Officers arrested the seller outside of her apartment in St. Louis. As police approached the apartment to try and recover the dogs, a window opened and one of the dogs was thrown out. Police entered that apartment and found Landon Allen hiding in a closet. He had a baggie with 105 capsules containing fentanyl in his pocket. Nearby were empty capsules, a press used to make pills, an AR pistol and a handgun with an extended magazine. Allen admitted as part of his plea possessing one or more of the firearms in furtherance of fentanyl distribution.

Allen, 24, pleaded guilty in June in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

The North County Police Cooperative, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Boyce prosecuted the case.