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Date: 09-28-2020
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Case Number: 5:20-cr-50018-TLB
Judge: Timothy L. Brooks
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (Garland County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Description: Hot Springs, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.
According to court records, on or about January 3, 2020, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) learned that Michelle, age 38, Friedman was purported to be selling methamphetamine from a hotel room in Fayetteville, Arkansas. These agents contacted Friedman's supervising parole officer and learned that Friedman had an active arrest warrant for absconding supervision, and had an active search waiver on file.
DEA agents and her Parole officer located Friedman in her hotel room and made contact with her. Friedman immediately advised officers that everything in the room belonged to her. During a search of the room, Officers located a box and a flashlight that contained methamphetamine, as well as a digital scale.
The DEA crime lab tested the seized methamphetamine and determined that it contained 627grams of methamphetamine.
A federal grand jury indicted Friedman in March 2020, and she entered a guilty plea in June 2020.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Arkansas Probation and Parole. Assistant United States Attorney Hunter Bridges prosecuted the case for the United States.
21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) Possession with Intent to Distribute 500g or more of Mixture or Substance Containing Methamphetamine
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 168 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release and fined $2,400.
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