GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 63-year old Jewell Kipp of Great Falls was sentenced to 94 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing.
Beginning in the fall of 2017, and continuing into early 2018, Kipp distributed large quantities of methamphetamine in Great Falls, Montana. The Russell Country Drug Task Force ultimately seized approximately 220 grams of actual methamphetamine from Kipp over the course of five months. The defendant was held responsible for distributing this amount of methamphetamine, which converts to 1,760 individual doses of the drug.
Through this investigation, law enforcement further learned the defendant had numerous customers throughout Great Falls, and she had access to pound quantities of methamphetamine. Kipp also has numerous prior felony convictions for methamphetamine.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Betley and investigated by the Russell Country Drug Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is partnering with federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement to identify those responsible for significant violent crime in Montana. A centerpiece of this effort is Project Safe Neighborhoods, a recently reinvigorated Department of Justice program that has proven to be successful in reducing violent crime. Today’s sentencing is part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
