Fort Hall Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Meth

POCATELLO – Charles Eugene Allhands, 52, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.  Allhands was indicted on October 27, 2015.

According to the plea agreement, on March 8, 2015, Allhands sold methamphetamine to an individual at Allhands’ residence on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. 

The charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1,000,000, and at least three years of supervised release.

Allhands is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2, 2016, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.

The case was investigated by the Fort Hall Police Department, the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.