July 6, 11

NEWS / Fort Totten Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Meth

FARGO—United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 5, 2011, Kenzie McKay, of Fort Totten, North Dakota, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a charge of distribution of a controlled substance.

McKay, 36, pleaded guilty to selling five bags (total weight .60 grams) of methamphetamine at a church parking lot on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in January of 2010.

The charge of distribution of a controlled substance carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs/Drug Enforcement Administration, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and the Devil’s Lake Police Department.

Sentencing for McKay has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, 2011, in United States District Court in Grand Forks, North Dakota, at 11:00 a.m.

Assistant United States Attorney Janice M. Morley is prosecuting the case.

http://www.fbi.gov/minneapolis/press-releases/2011/fort-totten-woman-pleads-guilty-to-selling-meth

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