Twila Marie Cochran, Fentanyl Trafficking, Montana 2025

A 49-year-old Harlem woman has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana.

Twila Marie Cochran pleaded guilty in October 2025 to one count of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.

Cochran was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris on [date].

The government alleged in court documents that Cochran has been trafficking controlled substances on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation since at least October 2022.

On April 6, 2023, she drove to St. Regis to pick up thousands of fentanyl pills and 12 ounces of methamphetamine to sell on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Her co-defendant put the drugs in her car, which she drove back to her home.

Prior to the drug run, Cochran bragged in text messages to her co-defendant about being able to hide the drugs in her home. Law enforcement eventually recovered nearly 2,500 fentanyl pills associated with the April 2023 drug run hidden on Cochran’s property.

Cochran continued to traffic meth and fentanyl to members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community between October 2022 and her incarceration. She will serve three years of supervised release following her prison term.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda L. Myers prosecuted the case. The FBI and Fort Belknap Law Enforcement Services conducted the investigation.

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