Missoula Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine And Methamphetamine
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana announced that Osiel Cruz Peña, 28, of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Scott Twito announced the sentence. Peña pleaded guilty in July 2026 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, law enforcement had learned that Peña was dealing illicit drugs in Montana. In November 2025, investigators used a source to set up a buy, and arrested Peña when he arrived to make the sale. Peña admitted to investigators that he was a dealer, and they found him with roughly a pound of cocaine and a pound of methamphetamine.
The FBI's Montana Regional Violent Crime Task Force investigated the case, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana prosecuted it. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Justice Department's nationwide initiative coordinating federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement against violent crime. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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