Minneapolis Felon Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking in Saint Paul and Southern Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis felon has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute thousands of fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. 

According to court documents, on January 8, 2023, Georgio Javon d’Larente Baymon, 37, sold 860 M-30 fentanyl pills to an individual in Mankato for distribution in the area. On January, 21, 2023, he sold an additional 600 M-30 fentanyl pills to a second individual.

On May 2, 2023, Baymon rented a room at the Intercontinental Hotel in Saint Paul, where he hid a bag containing 8,500 M-30 fentanyl pills. Hotel staff found the bag of fentanyl pills while Baymon was away and alerted law enforcement. Officers waited at the hotel and attempted to arrest Baymon when he returned, however, he fled from law enforcement, pulled a fire alarm, and was eventually apprehended in the hotel basement.

Baymon pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court before Judge Ann D. Montgomery to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force, the St. Paul Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys William C. Mattessich and Matthew D. Forbes are prosecuting the case.