Southeast Montana News

GREAT FALLS — A Browning man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Monday to four years and eight months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.

The defendant, Robbie Wayne Racine, 31, pleaded guilty in January to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the case.

According to court documents, in the spring of 2023, Racine was stopped in multiple vehicles containing methamphetamine and other evidence of distribution. In April 2023, Racine was stopped for a traffic violation along with his co-defendant. Both occupants were arrested. More than 15 grams of methamphetamine were seized from the co-defendant’s person during booking into jail. A search of the vehicle also yielded evidence of distribution, including baggies and a digital scale.

A month later, Racine was driving a different vehicle when he was again stopped by Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services for a traffic violation and arrested. Racine had a scale in his pocket. Law enforcement searched the vehicle and seized more than 170 grams of methamphetamine in a safe concealed as a book.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case with investigations conducted by Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Glacier County Sheriff’s Office.

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