BILLINGS—A Billings woman who admitted trafficking
methamphetamine after law enforcement found meth, drug making materials and
$10,000 in silver coins in a residence she shared with her father was sentenced
today to five years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S.
Attorney Kurt Alme said.
Brittany Nicole Green, 40, pleaded guilty in March to
possession with intent to distribute meth.
Green’s father, Gregory Paul Green, 64, was sentenced in
August to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute meth and possession with intent to distribute.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided at both
sentencings.
Prosecutors said in court records that law enforcement
became aware of Gregory Green in December 2018 after a package that was
addressed to Green was intercepted in Port Huron, MI. The package was labeled
“Organic Fitness Vitamin” and opened by law enforcement. The package contained
1,471 Xanax pills. Investigators determined that 112 packages from various
locations, including Canada, had been shipped to Green’s residence since
December 2017.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant on Green’s house
after the package was accepted by a person at the residence. Officers found
meth, drugs and drug paraphernalia. In Green’s room was a computer displaying
the “dark web” and a screen showing where the Greens were selling Xanax across
the country. Agents also found meth totaling about 229 grams, or 8 ounces,
along with packages and extensive packaging material, including hundreds of
feet of glass tubing, glass beakers, a 100 pound butane tank and recipes for
combining drugs. In addition, agents seized about $10,000 in silver coins.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Colin Rubich and Bryan Dake
prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Eastern Montana High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the FBI and the Billings Police
Department.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which
is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction
efforts. PSN is an evidence-based
program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad
spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent
crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address
them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most
violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry
programs for lasting reductions in crime.
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