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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, July 03, 2008

ROBBIN EUGENE PARKS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 1, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ROBBIN EUGENE PARKS, a 46-year-old resident of California, appeared for sentencing. PARKS was sentenced to a term of:

PARKS was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

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."

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that PARKS will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, PARKS does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.

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.