ALBUQUERQUE – Season Smith, 41, of Bloomfield, N.M., pled
guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine
trafficking charge.
Smith and co-defendant Jeffrey Kline, 45, of Farmington,
N.M., were charged on in a two-count indictment filed on April 11, 2017, with
conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The indictment alleged that the defendants
committed the offenses on Feb. 10, 2017, in San Juan County, N.M.
During today’s proceedings, Smith pled guilty to possessing
methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
In entering the guilty plea, Smith admitted that on Feb. 10, 2017, law
enforcement officers stopped Kline and her while they were traveling from
Arizona to New Mexico after they picked up methamphetamine from a source of
supply. Smith further admitted that the
officers seized approximately 511.7 grams of methamphetamine, 13.6 grams of
heroin and drug paraphernalia when they executed a lawful search of her purse.
At sentencing, Smith faces a statutory mandatory minimum
penalty of five years and a maximum of 40 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing has yet to be
scheduled.
Kline previously pled guilty on July 26, 2017, to possession
of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and was sentenced on April 9,
2018, to 120 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by the Farmington office of the
FBI and the Farmington Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eva Fontanez is prosecuting the case as part of
a federal anti-violence initiative that targets violent, repeat offenders for
federal prosecution. Under this
initiative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and federal law enforcement agencies
work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law
enforcement agencies to target for federal prosecution violent or repeat offenders
with the goal of making communities in New Mexico safer places for people to
live and work.
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