Press Release
Convicted felon sentenced to over 100 months in prison
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho
Mathew Scott Grover, 28, of Nampa, Idaho was sentenced to a total of 102 months in Federal prison yesterday for violating conditions of supervised release and committing two new crimes: unlawful possession of ammunition and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. The Court sentenced Grover to 78 months of imprisonment for the new crimes and an additional 24 months of imprisonment for the supervised release violations. Grover was ordered to pay a fine of $750 and a $200 special assessment. Following his term of imprisonment, Grover will have to serve three years of supervised release. Grover pleaded guilty to the charges on March 20, 2017.
According to court documents, on October 5, 2016 Nampa Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on Grover near the intersection of Orchard Avenue and Midland Boulevard in Nampa, Idaho. Grover was arrested on a federal warrant for violating supervised release in a prior case, which involved convictions for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and unlawful possession of a firearm. Later that day, United States Probation Officers, with the assistance of Nampa Police, searched the defendant’s residence in Nampa. Officers located $4,709 in cash and a plastic bag containing 42.09 grams of actual methamphetamine. Additionally, in the garage, officers found seven rounds of shotgun ammunition.
Grover had been previously investigated and convicted of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and unlawful possession of a firearm in 2012. At the time, he was a member of the Brown Magic Clicka gang.
This case was investigated by the United States Probation Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crime Task. The Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crime Task Force is comprised of federal, state and local agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Boise Police Department; Ada County Sheriff’s Office; Caldwell Police Department; Nampa Police Department; Meridian Police Department; Canyon County Sheriff’s Office; and Idaho Department of Probation and Parole.
Updated June 28, 2017
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Drug Trafficking
Firearms Offenses
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