Fentanyl Trafficker Courtney Price Sentenced to 3+ Years in Prison

A Great Falls woman who admitted to a drug trafficking crime after law enforcement found fentanyl and methamphetamine in a vehicle she was driving has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

Courtney Price, 28, pleaded guilty in January to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the sentencing hearing.

According to court documents, law enforcement officers made a traffic stop of a vehicle Price was driving on February 8, 2023. A state search warrant was executed later on the vehicle, and law enforcement located fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a firearm. Price admitted in an interview that she knew there was fentanyl in the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop and that she was being paid in fentanyl to drive her passengers from Tacoma, Washington, to Great Falls.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara J. Elliott prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Russell Country Drug Task Force. The case was part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a multi-agency approach to disrupting and dismantling high-level criminal organizations.

The OCDETF program is designed to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States. For more information about the OCDETF program, please visit Justice.gov/OCDETF.

Priced’s sentence is a result of her own admission of guilt and cooperation with law enforcement. Her case serves as a reminder of the dangers of fentanyl trafficking and the consequences of involvement in the illicit drug trade.

The Grimy Times will continue to follow this case and provide updates as more information becomes available.