Oregon Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Prison for Use of a Firearm While Trafficking Methamphetamine

            Fayetteville, Arkansas – Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Timothy Colhour, age 24, of Otis, Oregon, was sentenced today to 170 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $4,800.00 fine on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine and one count of the Use of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Offense.  The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

            According to court records, in December, 2014, as part of an ongoing investigation, officers with the Rogers Police Department purchased methamphetamine from the defendant, Timothy Colhour.  During one arranged transaction with Colhour, officers made their presence known to the defendant and placed him under arrest.  At that time Colhour admitted to the officers that he had a gun in his waistband.  Officers then located a loaded Beretta 9 mm in Colhour’s waistband and a bag in his front shirt pocket that contained approximately one ounce of methamphetamine.  The suspected methamphetamine was properly stored and sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for analysis where it tested to be approximately 26 grams of pure methamphetamine hydrochloride.

            This case was investigated by the Rogers Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly Davis prosecuted the case for the United States.

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