GREAT FALLS – A Harlem man who tried to hide a tin of fentanyl pills under a child’s leg was sentenced Wednesday to two years and 11 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.
Harold Edwin Main, 29, pleaded guilty in May 2026 to possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
The government alleged in court documents that Main was driving in Fort Belknap on April 15, 2024, with another adult and two children. Fort Belknap police pulled him over and in the vehicle the officer found methamphetamine and 42 fentanyl pills. The majority of the pills were found in an Altoids tin tucked under the leg of one of the children.
Following the traffic stop Fort Belknap police served a search warrant on Main’s house on Fort Belknap. There officers discovered more meth, some of it bagged, along with two digital scales, packaging material with smaller baggies, small blue and white pills, and other drug paraphernalia. Officers seized a total of 5 grams of methamphetamine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Ferrari-Agudelo is prosecuting the case. Fort Belknap Law Enforcement Services conducted the investigation.
