Press Release
Frenchtown Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Offense
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana
BILLINGS – John Thomas Giblin, III, a 45-year-old resident of Frenchtown, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters handed down the sentence.
During three different occasions, Giblin sold a total of 215 Oxycodone pills, 40 Morphine pills, 35 Methadone pills, 29 Demerol pills, and 10 Valium pills valued at more than $9,000 dollars to an undercover agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. On May 27, 2015, Giblin then made arrangements with the undercover agent to buy 1 kilogram of cocaine and ½ pound of methamphetamine in exchange for money, marijuana, and more prescription pills. Giblin agreed to meet the undercover agent in the parking lot of the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Missoula. Law enforcement surveilled the drug purchase and after the package containing the cocaine and methamphetamine was delivered to Giblin, he was arrested. Giblin had brought approximately $12,000 in cash to the drug deal. He was interviewed after the arrest and admitted that he was planning to re-sell the methamphetamine in order to make money.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan R. Whittaker and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Contact
KERI LEGGETT
Acting Public Information Officer
(406) 761-7715
Updated December 13, 2017
Topic
Prescription Drugs
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