GREAT FALLS, Mont. (NMB) – A Washington woman who admitted trafficking methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy Reservation and in Great Falls has been sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release.
Georgie Elaine Russell, 41, of Spokane, pleaded guilty in October to possession with intent to distribute meth.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Russell was detained.
The government alleged in court documents filed in the case that the Great Falls Police Department learned in January 2020 that Russell was on federal supervised release for a meth conviction in the Eastern District of Washington and was trafficking meth from Washington to the Rocky Boy Reservation and Great Falls. During an approved trip to Montana in January 2020, law enforcement made a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Russell was a passenger. The vehicle was impounded, and a search warrant was obtained. Officers found an air-sealed bag that contained approximately 222 grams of meth, or nearly one half pound of meth.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Plaut prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement Services and Great Falls Police Department.
Information courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana
