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Defendant Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking
A Lodge Grass woman who trafficked methamphetamine to multiple Montana Indian reservations as part of a large-scale, multi-state conspiracy based in her family home on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release.
Sayra Longfox, 26, pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute meth. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided over the case.
In court documents, the government alleged that federal law enforcement in a collaborative effort with local and tribal law enforcement, conducted a large-scale, multi-state narcotics trafficking investigation that centered on multiple properties on the Crow Indian Reservation.
The properties, including one referred to as Spear Siding, received drugs from sources in Washington and supplied both the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian reservations and other reservations and communities in Montana.
Longfox is one of 27 individuals, along with her mother, Frederica Lefthand, and her uncle, Wendell Lefthand, convicted in the investigation. The government characterized Longfox as a mid-level dealer who had an integral role in the conspiracy.
Longfox sold in quarter pound to pound quantities, and she admitted to carrying a 9mm handgun for protection. Longfox sold drugs from Spear Siding and on the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap reservations in northcentral Montana.
Longfox distributed meth and cocaine she got from her mother along with drugs she obtained directly from co-defendant Carlos Arciga-Galvan, who is a fugitive. In one of her writings, Longfox said, “Call papi for me plez? I need at least a QP going up north for the powwow.” A QP is known to the government as a “quarter pound.”
In a text message to Longfox, Frederica Lefthand praised her daughter’s work as a drug dealer saying, “And you are doing a GREAT job Queen of the North.” One cooperator described how Longfox “picked up the reins” when her uncle, Wendell Lefthand, went to jail and that she was “running the show” on Fort Belknap.
Another cooperator described that Longfox ran the operation on Rocky Boy’s and in Hays, on the Fort Belknap, for Frederica Lefthand. Frederica Lefthand was sentenced to 24 years in prison, while Wendell Lefthand was sentenced to 15 years in prison for their convictions in the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Drug Enforcement Administration, and FBI conducted the investigation. The case was investigated under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF).
For more information about the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, please visit Justice.gov/OCDETF.
Key Facts
- State: Montana
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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