SPOKANE, Wash. – A Spokane man was sentenced after 1,750 fentanyl pills and over 100 grams of meth were found in his possession.
Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Henry Patrick Bevans, III, a 40-year-old man from Spokane, was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or more of pure meth.
A United States District Judge imposed a sentence of 14 years of imprisonment followed by ten years of supervised release.
According to court documents and information presented at the sentencing hearing, in January of 2023, the Liberty Lake Police Department (LLPD) was investigating suspected drug trafficking at a local hotel. Officers observed a vehicle, alleged to be involved in drug-related activity, parked at the hotel for several days.
On January 31, 2023, officers observed a man and a woman using the vehicle to drive from the hotel to a gas station a short distance away. An LLPD officer contacted the man driving and confirmed the man was Bevans.
LLPD arrested Bevans on a felony warrant from the Department of Corrections. When he was arrested, Bevans was on supervised release following a 10-year prison sentence for a 2014 conviction on drug distribution charges.
LLPD obtained and executed a state search warrant for the vehicle. Officers located 131 grams of methamphetamine, 1,750 fentanyl-laced pills, as well as smaller amounts of other controlled substances inside the car.
Officers also located a taser, an air pistol, a digital scale with drug residue, zip lock baggies, and zip ties, a drug ledger and more than $1,000 in cash inside the vehicle.
“People like Mr. Bevans, who persistently distribute drugs after completing their incarceration, present a clear danger to our communities,” said David F. Reames, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Seattle Field Division. “The Drug Enforcement Administration and our partners are committed to ensuring the safety of our communities by holding people like Mr. Bevans accountable as many times as it takes to protect the public from this grave threat.”
