A Lewiston man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the U.S. District Attorney’s office, 43-year-old Richard Black conspired with 51-year-old Helene Martensen and 34-year-old Adam Johnson, both of Clarkston, to distribute methamphetamine in the Lewiston area.
Authorities say Lewiston Police detectives assigned to the Quad Cities Drug Task Force arrested Black in January 2020 when he was found in possession of distribution quantities of methamphetamine, empty baggies, a digital scale and cash. In June 2020, after a collaborative effort, the FBI North Idaho Crime Task Force stopped the vehicle of Martensen and Johnson and seized about two pounds of methamphetamine.
Additional evidence was obtained through FBI search warrants for cellphones and cellphone records which showed the effort of each conspirator to sell illegal drugs and firearms in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and on the Nez Perce reservation.
Martensen was sentenced in March of 2021 to 90 months in federal prison. Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced April 12th.
Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye also ordered Black to serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. (Lewiston Tribune)
