Marcus Sather, 30, of Fort Washakie, was sentenced to 10 month’s imprisonment with three years of supervised release, for drug trafficking and aiding and abetting, according to a Department of Justice release issued on January 14.
According to court documents, in January of 2024, agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) were conducting controlled purchases of illegal substances from known and suspected drug dealers on the Wind River Reservation.
On Jan. 17, 2024, agents successfully purchased fentanyl from Sather and a co-defendant.
Sather was indicted on July 17, 2024, pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2024, and U.S. District Court Judge Kelly H. Rankin imposed the sentence on Jan. 6, in Cheyenne.
DCI and the FBI investigated the crime. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy W. Gist prosecuted the case.