Prosecutors Say Three Women Including Two School Psychologists Ran Alleged Nationwide Crypto Drug Operation

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal prosecutors allege three women, including two school psychologists, operated an online narcotics business that shipped drugs across the United States through a site called Rocky Mountain Connections.

After a Columbus federal indictment, Jesse Wasson was arrested in Colorado, and Amandra Heffelfinger and Jennifer Blake were arrested in Oregon. Prosecutors say Wasson handled customer support, money laundering, and overall operations, while Heffelfinger and Blake processed orders.

According to a federal search warrant, a Columbus-based cyber narcotics task force discovered the website after finding it pinned on a known trafficker’s encrypted messaging account. The site allegedly listed MDMA, ketamine, methamphetamine, and LSD for sale, payable in cryptocurrency.

That discovery led to a months-long investigation linking the site to drug shipments nationwide. Records show agents completed four undercover buys, purchasing counterfeit methamphetamine pills, LSD, cocaine, and alprazolam (Xanax). Using U.S. Postal Service data, investigators tracked packages from western Oregon to Columbus and tied the shipments to an address connected to Heffelfinger and Blake. Surveillance later observed the pair traveling from a dispensary to a post office, where they allegedly dropped off suspected drug parcels.

Phone and email records indicated frequent contact among the three, including photos of Wasson at Heffelfinger and Blake’s wedding. Subsequent search warrants for their email accounts allegedly uncovered purchases of vacuum-seal bags in bulk, third-party postage paid with cryptocurrency, Rocky Mountain Connections branding, and seed phrases for crypto wallets. Investigators also say they found images of books and PDFs titled “Best Resources for Trappers,” “DontLacknSlip,” and “USPSSecrets.”

Bitcoin used in the undercover buys was traced to the ChangeNow swapping service and then converted to Monero, a privacy coin that keeps much transaction data off-chain, making funds harder to trace.

Prosecutors have not provided a total revenue figure but say Heffelfinger and Blake controlled “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in cryptocurrency. Between January and July 2025, Blake allegedly converted more than $45,000 in crypto to cash, while Heffelfinger deposited more than $65,000. A review of Blake’s seized phone indicated access to about $300,000 in cryptocurrency.

Both Heffelfinger and Blake were employed as school psychologists. Prosecutors wrote that, in their view, the defendants are serious drug dealers who interact with children.

During the arrests, agents reported seizing roughly 20 pounds each of suspected methamphetamine and Xanax bars, one kilogram of cocaine, and additional controlled substances from the Oregon residence shared by Heffelfinger and Blake.

Wasson, Heffelfinger, and Blake have not yet entered pleas or appeared in federal court in Ohio.