FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 12, 2007
BRANDON MOSIER PLEADS GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings on October 12, 2007, before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, BRANDON MOSIER, a 27-year-old resident of Billings, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for January 10, 2008. He is currently detained.
At the change of plea proceeding, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
MOSIER was involved in a conspiracy with other individuals to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Billings area.
MOSIER faces possible penalties of a mandatory 10 years in prison and could be sentenced to the maximum of life in prison, a $4,000,000 fine and 5 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James E. Seykora prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force.
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