BILLINGS - An Ashland man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
Robert Joseph Speelman, 48, pleaded guilty on Jan. 27 to possession with intent to distribute meth, as stated in a press release.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided.
In court documents filed in the case, the government alleged that on Jan. 21, 2020, while on patrol, a Bureau of Indian Affairs canine officer saw Speelman, a known drug user and dealer on the reservation, sitting in his truck on the side of the road.