From the Courts - Federal District Court: Havre man sentenced to 10 years in prison

from U.S. Attorney for District of Montana

GREAT FALLS — A Havre man who admitted to drug trafficking and firearms crimes after law enforcement found methamphetamine, fentanyl, a gun and a large amount of cash in his motel room was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.

Brandon Wayne Glover, 39, pleaded guilty in October 2021 to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and to felon in possession of a firearm.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

The government alleged in court documents that Glover was convicted in 2014 in federal court of possession with intent to distribute meth.

In November 2020, law enforcement received information that Glover was distributing meth in Havre, and an informant bought about a half-ounce of meth from Glover at a Havre casino. In December 2020, officers arrested Glover on a warrant based on supervised release violations in his prior federal meth trafficking case. Agents secured a motel room in Havre where Glover had been staying and applied for a search warrant.

In the meantime, agents received recorded jail calls in which Glover asked his mother for help retrieving items from the room where he had been staying and specifically asked her to look under the bed. Glover’s mother went to the motel room and was turned away. Agents executed a search warrant for the motel room and found 420 grams, or almost a pound, of meth, a firearm, drug paraphernalia, and fentanyl pills. Agents also found about $12,100 in cash under the bed.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan R. Plaut prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Havre Police Department and the Tri-Agency Task Force.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a U.S. Department of Justice initiative to reduce violent crime. Through PSN, federal, tribal, state and local law enforcement partners in Montana focus on violent crime driven by methamphetamine trafficking, armed robbers, firearms offenses and violent offenders with outstanding warrants.