A Sikeston, Mo., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of drug trafficking.
Shone T. Yarber, 26, pled guilty in federal court to two felony counts of distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base.
He appeared before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
Yarber admitted to selling crack on two different occasions to an informant in Sikeston.
He now faces a maximum punishment of 40 years in prison and a fine of $2 million on each count.
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