COEUR D’ALENE - James Howard Gallaher, 34, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to prison in two separate cases for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of a stolen firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Gallaher in each case to 120 months in federal prison to run concurrently with each other. Upon completion of his prison time, Gallaher was ordered to serve an additional three years of supervised release.
According to court records, Gallaher was arrested in July 2018, after he was found passed out in a stolen vehicle and in possession of a stolen firearm. After his arrest, officers discovered that Gallaher had also been involved in a conspiracy to steal and distribute prescription-controlled substances from the Owl Southway Pharmacy in Lewiston. During that conspiracy, thousands of pills were stolen by a co-conspirator from the pharmacy and then distributed by Gallaher and others to individuals in Lewiston and on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.
These cases were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office, Lewiston Police Department, and Nez Perce Tribal Police.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
