The Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho is announcing the sentencing of a Coeur d’Alene man for distributing methamphetamine. Paul Hartman was sentenced to more than 15 years in jail on Friday. The court found that his conspiracy involved more than 10 pounds of meth that he purchased in Spokane and brought into Idaho.
Read the full news release below:
MAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE
Paul Hartman, 44, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced last Friday by Chief U.S.
District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to 188 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years of
supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, the United States Attorney’s
Office announced. During sentencing, the Court found overwhelming evidence that the
conspiracy involved, at times, at least five kilograms of methamphetamine.
The investigation began after a traffic stop by a Kootenai County deputy. During his
guilty plea in September 2009, Hartman admitted that he traveled to Spokane to purchase
methamphetamine and at times, methamphetamine was brought to him in Idaho. He then sold it
for a profit and would broker deals between various distributors and sellers.
U.S. Attorney Tom Moss praised the cooperative work of the DEA and North Idaho
Violent Crimes Task Force which consists of officers from the Coeur d’Alene Police
Department, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department, Idaho State Patrol, Shoshone County
Sheriff’s Department, Post Falls Police Department, and FBI. “The efforts of the North Idaho
Violent Crimes Task Force has taken a very prolific drug dealer off the streets of Coeur
d’Alene.”
You can also read IdahoReporter.com’s story on the Idaho Meth Project’s announcement on their new ad campaign here, or their latest funding request here.
