FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
COREY SCOTT HUNGERFORD 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 Missoula on April 22, 2008, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, COREY SCOTT HUNGERFORD, a 31-year-old resident of Bozeman, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a machinegun. Sentencing is set for September 12, 2008. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
Between April of 2006, and continuing through July of 2007, HUNGERFORD, Marvin Mullen and Marlena Harringer were involved in a conspiracy with several other individuals to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in Meagher, Mineral, Lewis and Clark, and Gallatin counties. HUNGERFORD was in possession of a machinegun while involved in the conspiracy.
Mullen and Harringer pled guilty to federal charges and have been sentenced.
HUNGERFORD faces possible penalties of a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and could be sentenced to life, a $4,000,000 fine and 5 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette L. Stewart prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Bozeman and Helena Missouri River Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Meagher County Sheriff's Office, the Mineral County Sheriff's Office, the Montana Highway Patrol, and the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office in California.
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A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.
