Washington man sentenced to five years for fentanyl charges.

(Great Falls) A Washington man who admitted to bringing large quantities of fentanyl pills to the Great Falls area and other Montana cities for redistribution was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

The defendant, Joseph Allen Conner, aka Street, 40, of Yakima, Washington, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.