Tag: Project Safe Neighborhoods

Billings Woman Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Nearly 4 Pounds of Methamphetamine
Seizure represents up to 170,000 individual doses; defendant faces life sentence

Big Timber Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Possession
James Karl Ellis, 38, will serve 36 months in prison after video evidence led to discovery of two-thirds of a pound of methamphetamine

Butte Woman Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Tied to Local Overdoses
33-year-old served as local contact for multi-state drug trafficking organization

Billings Man Gets 12 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution Ring
Mario Nava’s parole status allowed immediate search that uncovered nearly 1.4 kg of methamphetamine

Billings Woman Gets 10 Years for Major Meth Operation That Traded Drugs for Guns
DEA investigation reveals operation that distributed up to half pound of meth daily while exchanging drugs for weapons

Billings Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years After Gunfight with Officers
Dustin Massey possessed four pounds of meth, 12,000 fentanyl pills and fired at officers during probation search

‘Tony’ the Meth Supplier: Three Forks Man Gets 5+ Years After Multi-Dealer Investigation
Federal agents spent three years connecting dealers’ stories to 65-year-old Anthony Catalusci

Billings Man With 1,867 Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison
Tirrell Lewis also possessed four firearms and nine ounces of methamphetamine, pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges

Colorado Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Drug Trafficking After High-Speed Chase
Moises Zamora led Yellowstone County deputies on 10-minute pursuit before arrest revealed six pounds of methamphetamine — equivalent to 21,744 doses

Billings Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth and Fentanyl Distribution
45-year-old admitted to purchasing two pounds of methamphetamine for distribution

California Man Gets 15 Years for Mailing Fentanyl, Meth to Bozeman in Sophisticated Operation
Shante Maurice Anthony intercepted with 1,000 fentanyl pills and quarter-pound of methamphetamine in mail-and-fly scheme

Spokane Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution on Blackfeet Reservation
Nicholas Severns faces 5-40 years in prison after admitting to possessing 708 fentanyl pills during 2023 traffic stop






