Patricia Ann Halcomb-Segna Sentenced In U.S. District Court

The United States Attorney(s Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 5, 2014, before Senior U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, PATRICIA ANN HALCOMB-SEGNA, 44, of Billings, Montana, was sentenced to a term of:

Prison: 110 months

Special Assessment: $ 100

Restitution: N/A

Supervised Release: 5 years

According to an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan McCarthy, in July of 2012, members of the Eastern Montana HIDTA were investigating Halcomb-Segna for the sale of methamphetamine in the Billings area. After a search warrant was conducted at her residence, Halcomb-Segna told law enforcement that she first began obtaining methamphetamine from R.F. in April of 2011. She would receive over one ounce a week from R.F. In May of 2011, she also transported methamphetamine to Cut Bank, Montana for D.T. She made four or five trips to Cut Bank. In January of 2012, she began obtaining approximately an eighth on ounce of methamphetamine on ten different occasions from K.H. In May or June of 2011, the defendant began obtaining larger quantities-an eighth to a quarter ounce of methamphetamine-from J.W. and T.E.

The defendant estimated that she distributed at least a quarter ounce of methamphetamine each week for the two months prior to July of 2012. She also stated that prior to that time and starting in 2011, she distributed smaller quantities of methamphetamine.