Washington Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking

(Great Falls) – A Washington man who admitted coming to Great Falls to sell fentanyl pills was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release.

Ryan Mark Jensen of Bremerton, Washington, pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He was caught when the Russell Country Drug Task Force learned that Jensen was distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills while staying at a local hotel. Investigators searched his hotel room and found a small backpack containing several hundred fentanyl pills and a digital scale.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the case.