Todd Michael Neistate, 40, of High Ridge has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking.
Neistate pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree drug trafficking on June 7, and that same day Jefferson County Div. 1 Circuit Judge Joseph Rathert sentenced him to two 15-year prison terms. However, the terms will be served concurrently, or at the same time. In addition, Neistate could be released early if he successfully completes a 120-day treatment program, according to court records.
In February 2021, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was called about a disturbance at a home on Debbie Drive in High Ridge. Deputies found Neistate and his brother, identified as Ryan Neistat, at the home, along with prescription bottles containing capsules filled with a white powdery substance. The bottles had Todd Neistate’s name on them, the probable-cause statement in the case said.
In addition, deputies found five bags filled with a white powdery substance, another bag with capsules containing a white powdery substance and a digital scale, the report said.
After deputies arrived, Ryan Neistat left the living room and entered a bedroom that had a sheet hanging in the doorway. A deputy watched Ryan Neistat take a capsule out of a wardrobe, walk to a nightstand and break the capsule open to spread a powdery substance on a nightstand, according to the report.
The deputy searched the wardrobe and found more capsules, and Ryan Neistat said the substance was fentanyl. The Missouri State Highway Patrol tested the substances, which turned out to be fentanyl and fluorofentanyl, the probable-cause statement said.
In December 2022, a Sheriff’s Office deputy went to a home on Debbie Drive in High Ridge to arrest Todd Neistate on an active warrant. A deputy searched Neistate and found seven capsules containing a white powdery substance, the probable-cause statement said.
Neistate said the capsules contained either heroin or fentanyl, according to the report.
On March 27, Ryan Neistat pleaded guilty to second-degree drug trafficking, and Jefferson County Div. 4 Circuit Judge Brenda Stacey sentenced him to 10 years in prison, court records show. He currently is in the Farmington Correctional Center in Farmington.