The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on February 2, 2011, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, NOLAN ARTHUR FISHER, a 26-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. FISHER was sentenced to a term of:

• Probation: 2 years

• Special Assessment: $100

FISHER was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney James E. Seykora stated in court that the government would have proven at trial that FISHER possessed and distributed cocaine in the Billings area between October or November of 2008 to January of 2009.

The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.

 

 

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