蒙大拿州Musselshell县男子自华盛顿州贩运冰毒回州销售 联邦法院判9年监禁
美国司法部蒙大拿区联邦检察官办公室宣布，蒙大拿州 Musselshell 县男子 Jeffrey Frederic Nelson（57岁）因把大量冰毒贩运进蒙大拿州，10月29日在 Billings 的联邦法院被判处9年监禁，其后须接受4年监督释放。联邦检察官 Scott Twito 公布了这一判刑。
Nelson 已于2026年3月就持有并意图分销冰毒一罪认罪，判刑由联邦地区法官 William W. Mercer 主持。
政府在法庭文件中指称，Nelson 与同伙 William Thomas Duncan 定期前往华盛顿州取冰毒，再带回蒙大拿州出售。Duncan 已于2026年7月因贩运指控被判处11年8个月监禁。
执法部门2025年10月在调查 Nelson 时首次获悉这条贩运线。一名卧底探员使用与 Nelson 和 Duncan 关联的电话号码，于2026年1月向 Nelson 购入多磅冰毒。
探员对两个电话号码进行监控后发现，两人会定期赴华盛顿州补货。卧底探员随后再次安排向两人购买冰毒。2026年1月22日，执法人员对 Duncan 在 Roundup 的住所执行搜查令，查获2磅冰毒、多部手机和30多支枪。Duncan 在接受执法人员询问时承认与 Nelson 共同贩运冰毒。
案件由助理联邦检察官 Thomas Godfrey 起诉，蒙大拿州刑事调查局与烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）负责调查。司法部表示，该案属于其「安全社区项目」（Project Safe Neighborhoods）的执法框架。
Musselshell County, Montana Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine From Washington
BILLINGS, Montana — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana announced that Jeffrey Frederic Nelson, 57, of Musselshell County, Montana, was sentenced on October 29, 2026, to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking significant amounts of methamphetamine into Montana. U.S. Attorney Scott Twito announced the sentence.
Nelson pleaded guilty in March 2026 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer presided.
The government alleged in court documents that Nelson and a partner, William Thomas Duncan, regularly traveled to Washington to pick up methamphetamine, bringing it back to Montana to sell. Duncan was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison in July 2026 on trafficking charges.
Law enforcement first learned of the trafficking activity in October 2025 while investigating Nelson. An undercover agent, using phone numbers associated with Nelson and Duncan, bought multiple pounds of methamphetamine from Nelson in January 2026.
Agents surveilled the two phone numbers and discovered the pair making regular trips to Washington to resupply their stash of methamphetamine. The undercover agent again arranged to buy methamphetamine from the two men. On January 22, 2026, law enforcement served a search warrant on Duncan's residence in Roundup, where they discovered two pounds of methamphetamine, several phones, and over 30 guns. In an interview with law enforcement, Duncan admitted to trafficking the methamphetamine with Nelson.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Godfrey prosecuted the case. The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) conducted the investigation. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the case falls under the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.
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