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A Havre resident, Bradley Lynn Perkins, 25, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearm possession on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced the sentence.
Perkins admitted guilt in January 2025 to charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as possession of an unregistered firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the case.
Court documents revealed that on February 15, 2023, the Tri-Agency Task Force orchestrated a controlled purchase of approximately 27 grams of methamphetamine from Perkins in Hill County. Subsequently, while in state custody on separate narcotics charges, Perkins confessed to law enforcement that he had acquired 500 fentanyl pills on February 18, 2023, and had been selling them for $10 each over the previous months.
Further investigations showed that Perkins sold between 500 and 700 fentanyl pills between August and December 2022. On May 17, 2023, another controlled purchase involving about 30 grams of methamphetamine was arranged by the Task Force and FBI.
In December of the same year, an FBI interview with a witness confirmed that they had obtained methamphetamine from Perkins and received a shortened shotgun from him before a probation search. The shotgun was seized by the FBI due to its barrel being less than the legal length of 18 inches; it was also not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted this case with investigations conducted by both the FBI and Tri-Agency Task Force. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an initiative aimed at reducing violent crime through collaboration between law enforcement agencies and communities.
For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit Justice.gov/PSN.
