United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ADAM LEE GODWIN, age 35, of Sheridan, Wyoming was sentenced for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine at a sentencing hearing held before Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on March 7, 2022. He was sentenced to 79 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, to be served concurrently to a state sentence, and ordered to pay a $200 assessment.
On April 13, 2021, agents of the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence in Sheridan, Wyoming, to locate Godwin and execute an outstanding state arrest warrant. While executing the warrant officers recovered 2.1 ounces of methamphetamine and a firearm. Godwin pled guilty to the charges on Dec. 15, 2021.
This crime was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jonathon C. Coppom.
Case Number: 0:21-cr-00112-NDF
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
