(Bismarck, ND) -- Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Mario R. Garmoo, a native of Detroit, Michigan, to 15 years in federal prison for the charges of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone and Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone.
Judge Traynor also sentenced the 32-year-old to 3 years of supervised released and $200 in special assessment fees.
On March 20th, 2019, the motor vehicle Garmoo was traveling in was stopped near Fargo and subsequently searched by law enforcement agents, who located 94 oxycodone 30mg pills and approximately 1 pound of marijuana. Garmoo had traveled
out of state and was returning to North Dakota with intent to distribute the opiate pills.
The investigation determined Garmoo had acquired and distributed hundreds of oxycodone 30mg pills, primarily in the area of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Garmoo was found to be a “career offender” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines based upon two prior drug trafficking convictions.
