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Tuba City Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Selling Methamphetamine on Navajo Nation
Individual is One of 22 Arrested in Largest Drug Investigation on Navajo Nation

U.S. Attorney’s Office January 04, 2011
  • District of Arizona (602) 514-7500

PHOENIX—JR Tom Webster, 25, of Tuba City, Arizona, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison yesterday by the Honorable David G. Campbell after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine.

Between May and July of 2009, Webster and his co-conspirators sold methamphetamine to undercover officers on five separate occasions during an undercover operation. During one of the largest transactions, Webster and his co-conspirators traveled from Tuba City to Phoenix and Glendale to arrange for the sale of methamphetamine to three undercover officers.

“One more meth dealer behind bars means one less meth dealer polluting our community with this dangerous substance,” said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. “This is the ninth sentence achieved from the largest drug investigation on the Navajo Nation. I commend the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Drug & Gang Unit, the FBI, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Flagstaff Police Department for their successful collaborative efforts.”

This undercover operation targeted individuals who had a history of dealing methamphetamine in Tuba City, Ariz. Many of these meth dealers had connections with suppliers in Flagstaff, Ariz. Webster also had connections with suppliers in Phoenix and Glendale, Ariz. Following this undercover operation, police arrested 22 people on federal charges. Nine defendants have been sentenced, seven defendants are awaiting sentencing, and trials are pending in the remaining six cases.

The investigation in these cases was conducted by the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Drug & Gang Unit, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Flagstaff Police Department. The prosecution is being handled by Christina J. Reid-Moore, Assistant U.S. Attorney in Phoenix, and Joe Lodge, Assistant U.S. Attorney, in Flagstaff.

CASE NUMBER: CR-10-8059-PCT-DGC
RELEASE NUMBER: 2011-001(Webster)

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