FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 14, 2008
ROBBIN EUGENE PARKS 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 Great Falls on March 14, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ROBBIN EUGENE PARKS, a 46-year-old resident of California, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for July 7, 2008.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On September 3, 2006, a Montana Highway Patrol officer stopped a vehicle in Glacier County. PARKS was a passenger in the vehicle.
The stop evolved into a search. Approximately 89 grams of suspected methamphetamine was recovered from the glove box. A chemical analysis of the seized substance subsequently revealed the substance contained a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. PARKS and the driver of the vehicle were taken into custody.
When interviewed, PARKS admitted that the drugs were his and that he planned to deliver them to a person in Toole County who could sell the drugs. PARKS also admitted that he had, in the preceding months, transported several pounds of methamphetamine from the State of Washington to Montana and that he was "just getting started in the business."
PARKS faces possible penalties of life in prison, a $4,000,000 fine and 5 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph E. Thaggard prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Browning.
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A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.
