A Spokane woman has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for her role in supplying methamphetamine to the IPO Blood gang operating in the Spokane area.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, 39-year-old Jessica Demaine was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Pennell to 78 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for her role in a trafficking methamphetamine to the IPO Blood criminal street gang.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives initiated an investigation in 2025 into members of a Spokane-based ‘IPO Blood’ violent criminal street gang. An undercover ATF agent purchased multiple firearms as well as a large quantity of methamphetamine from members of this group.
During one of the buys, ATF learned the source of supply for the methamphetamine being sold was a woman whose 3-year-old child had gotten into the source’s ‘pow’ (street slang for fentanyl) and overdosed. Review of local news articles and police reports revealed the source likely to be Jessica Demaine.
Demaine is currently pending state charges stemming from this incident and is presumed innocent (Spokane County Superior Court case 25-1-00660-32). Demaine has claimed her boyfriend, Cameron Franklin, was responsible for the minor child’s overdose.
In imposing sentence, Judge Pennell found that Demaine was a risk to the community, noting that even after almost losing her child to a drug overdose, she did not change her behavior. Instead, she remained involved with the very man Demaine claimed was at fault and continued to traffic drugs into the community.
First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano said, ‘This sentence was well deserved in this case given Demaine’s wanton disregard for the safety of the community, including her own child and a vulnerable, elderly gentleman whom she claimed was in her care.’
Defendant: Jessica Demaine
Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute methamphetamine
Location: Spokane, Washington
Date: June 23, 2026
Sentence: 78 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release
Defendant’s Lawyer Not Available in the Source
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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