GREAT FALLS—A Heart Butte man who admitted providing a minor
with methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to
33 months in prison and to six years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt
Alme said.
Gary Allen Jimenez, 24, pleaded guilty in July to
distribution of a controlled substance to a person under 21 years of age.
U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
The prosecution said in court records that in early 2017,
FBI agents began investigating allegations that persons on the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation were providing meth and other drugs to minors. A juvenile witness
told law enforcement that Jimenez had provided her with meth on multiple
occasions and that they smoked six or seven ounces together over a period of
time. At the time Jimenez gave the juvenile meth, she was between 12 and 14
years of age.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Starnes prosecuted the case,
which was investigated by the FBI and Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services.
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