From the Courts - Federal District Court: Armed meth trafficker on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation sentenced to prison

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GREAT FALLS —A Box Elder man who admitted possessing a firearm while dealing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to 11 years and six months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

Issac Elias Saenz, 28, pleaded guilty in December to possession with intent to distribute meth and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

The prosecution said in court documents that in January 2018, a Rocky Boy’s criminal investigator observe...