FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 10, 2008
SUSAN SCHELL FOUND GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on July 9, 2008, in Billings, after a 3-day federal district court trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, SUSAN SCHELL, a 48-year-old resident of Whitehall, was found guilty of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing is set for October 9, 2008. SCHELL is currently detained.
SCHELL faces possible penalties of 30 years in prison, a $4,000,000 fine and 6 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James E. Seykora prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.
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