蒙大拿州男子帮运冰毒判刑8年：车内查获数磅冰毒与两支手枪
位于蒙大拿州米苏拉县（Missoula County）的 Lolo 镇，37 岁男子 Carter Wade Badding 因帮人运送冰毒，11 月 13 日在联邦法院被判处 8 年监禁。美国司法部蒙大拿区检察官办公室公布，联邦地区法官 William W. Mercer 主持宣判，刑满后另有 3 年监督释放，联邦检察官 Scott Twito 宣布了这一结果。
Badding 已于 2026 年 6 月认罪，罪名是持有意图分销的管制物质，以及在贩毒过程中持有枪支。
据法庭文件，2026 年 2 月，Badding 陪同 45 岁的 Jennifer Lynn Stephens 前往华盛顿州，帮她取一车冰毒运回蒙大拿州。Stephens 向调查人员表示，她因为害怕供货方，才请 Badding 同行。两人回到蒙大拿州后，在 Arlee 附近被执法人员截停，车内被搜出数磅冰毒和两支手枪，Badding 承认两支枪都是他的。Stephens 已于 2026 年 10 月因贩毒与枪支罪名被判处 10 年监禁。
本案由联邦调查局（FBI）蒙大拿区域暴力犯罪专案组调查、蒙大拿区检察官办公室起诉。司法部表示，本案属于其全国性「安全社区计划」（Project Safe Neighborhoods）的一部分。（来源：美国司法部蒙大拿区检察官办公室）
Montana Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Helping Transport Meth: Several Pounds of Meth and Two Handguns Found in Car
Carter Wade Badding, 37, of Lolo, in Missoula County, Montana, was sentenced on November 13 to eight years in federal prison for helping transport methamphetamine into Montana. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana said U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer imposed the sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, in an announcement by U.S. Attorney Scott Twito.
Badding pleaded guilty in June 2026 to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to court documents, in February 2026 Badding traveled to Washington to help Jennifer Lynn Stephens, 45, pick up a load of methamphetamine and return it to Montana. Stephens told investigators she had asked Badding to join her on the trip because her supplier scared her. Upon their return, law enforcement pulled the two over near Arlee and searched their vehicle, finding several pounds of methamphetamine and a pair of handguns, both of which Badding said were his. Stephens was sentenced in October 2026 to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
The case was investigated by the FBI's Montana Regional Violent Crime Task Force and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana. The Justice Department said the case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana)
来源：美国司法部蒙大拿区检察官办公室
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图片来源：图：位于 Missoula 的 Russell Smith 联邦法院大楼，本案由联邦地区法官 William W. Mercer 在此宣判。Montanabw 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，本图已裁为 16:9。 / Photo: The Russell Smith Federal Courthouse in Missoula, where U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer imposed the sentence in this case. Photo by Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped to 16:9.
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