Winchell co-conspirator is sentenced

A Havre man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement with an area methamphetamine ring.

Thomas Walter Anderson, 41, was sentenced in Great Falls late last month after pleading guilty to federal drug and weapons charges. The sentence will run consecutively with an eight-month sentence he received in February for counterfeiting U.S. currency.

Anderson was a player in a large Havre drug conspiracy, according to a press release from the Tri-Agency Task Force. He was responsible for distributing drugs with Matthew Douglas Winchell, 53, and a number of other co-conspirators, t...