GREAT FALLS, Mont. (NMB) – A Box Elder man who admitted to possessing a firearm while dealing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation has been sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison and five years of supervised release.
Isaac Elias Saenz, 28, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Great Falls after pleading guilty in December to possession with intent to distribute meth and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Court documents state that in January 2018, authorities found 60 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm in a vehicle Saenz was a passenger in after obtaining a search warrant. The firearm was under the seat Saenz was sitting in and a DNA test determined there was a high likelihood his DNA was on the firearm.
The investigation also determined that Saenz trafficked meth in Missoula County and near Box Elder in Hill County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassady Adams prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI, Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement Services, the Tri-Agency Drug Task Force, and the Rocky Boy’s Drug Task Force.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
