A Missoula woman was sentenced on July 15 to five years and three months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.
Jody Lynn Pope, 30, pleaded guilty in February to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy presided over the case.
According to court documents, Pope—who also goes by Jody Lynn Nygaard—was dealing methamphetamine in Missoula. Law enforcement used an informant to arrange a drug buy from Pope at Franklin Park on December 10, 2025. She arrived in a vehicle driven by Brandon Gregory Genet, who sped away when he saw law enforcement officers at the scene. Genet was later sentenced to prison on July 7 for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Law enforcement located Pope on December 11, who acknowledged she had gone to Franklin Park the previous night intending to sell three ounces of meth and that she had already sold eight ounces earlier that week.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case with investigations conducted by the FBI’s Montana Regional Violent Crime Task Force and DEA. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana is part of the U.S. Department of Justice and focuses on protecting citizens through ethical enforcement of federal laws and enhancing community safety across its offices in Billings, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula, according to the official website.