Two Montana Women Sentenced for Trafficking Meth from Washington: 10 Years and 7 Years
Amanda Lynn Montoya, 42, of Corvallis, in Ravalli County, Montana, and Cristina Dallas Kunz, 36, of Helena, in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, were sentenced on November 13 in federal court in Missoula to 10 years and seven years in prison, respectively, for bringing methamphetamine into Montana from Washington to distribute it, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana announced. U.S. Attorney Scott Twito announced the sentences, imposed by U.S. District Judge Donald W. Malloy, each followed by five years of supervised release.
Both women pleaded guilty in July 2026 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to court documents, Montoya was distributing methamphetamine in Missoula. Law enforcement learned she was traveling back to Montana from Washington on May 28, 2026, and arranged a traffic stop. Montoya was driving and Kunz was in the passenger seat. Officers found two pounds of methamphetamine and $1,700 in cash in the vehicle. A search of Kunz's phone found messages detailing the pair's plans to distribute the meth and their plan to travel to Washington to purchase the drugs.
The U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Missoula Drug Task Force as part of the Justice Department's nationwide Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana)
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana
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Photo: 图：蒙大拿州 Missoula 市中心，本案由联邦检察官 Scott Twito 在 Missoula 宣布量刑。Missoulian 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，已裁 16:9。 / Photo: Downtown Missoula, Montana, where U.S. Attorney Scott Twito announced the sentences in this case. Photo by Missoulian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped to 16:9.
