FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 01, 2008
SHANTAE HARRIS 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 May 1, 2008, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, SHANTAE HARRIS, a 22-year-old resident of Missouri, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for August 6, 2008. She is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
From an unknown date in 2004, up to February 23, 2007, HARRIS and several other individuals were involved in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine.
HARRIS faces possible penalties of a mandatory minimum of 5 years in prison and could be sentenced to the maximum of 40 years, a $2,000,000 fine and 4 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James E. Seykora prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.
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A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.
