(Great Falls) – A Washington State man was sentenced on Monday to eight years and four months in prison., to be followed by five years of supervised release, after he admitted to illegally possessing a firearm and bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills to the Great Falls area and the Rocky’s Boy’s Indian Reservation for distribution, US Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Nathaniel Jameco Brown, 45, of Spokane Washington pleased guilty in February to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and to felony possession of a firearm.
The government alleged in court documents in the fall of 2021, law enforcement in Great Falls learned that Brown was distributing drugs from Great Falls area hotels. In December 2021, law enforcement stopped Brown, who was traveling in a vehicle from Spokane to Great Falls, near Vaughn and found him in possession of twenty fentanyl pills, more than an ounce of meth, and a loaded pistol and multiple magazines. Brown described making numerous prior trips to Great Falls and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to sell fentanyl pills and significant quantities of meth. Brown estimated bringing a total of twelve ounces of meth and 500 pills to Montana. Brown was prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions.
