FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
EVAN MAUCH 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 January 23, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, EVAN MAUCH, a 48-year-old resident of Billings, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for April 24, 2008. He is currently detained.
At the change of plea proceeding, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
From an unknown date in 2003, to April 4, 2006, MAUCH was involved in a conspiracy with several other individuals to distribute over 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, or 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, in the Billings area.
MAUCH faces possible penalties of a mandatory 10 years in prison and could be sentenced to 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, the Montana Department of Criminal Investigation, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, and the Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.
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