Utah Man Who Trafficked Meth From Camper On Fort Peck Reservation Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

A Utah man who towed a camper to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and trafficked methamphetamine in the community was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.

Andrew Michael Gomez, 33, of Ogden, Utah, pleaded guilty on Sept. 14, 2020, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

In court documents filed in the case, the prosecution said that Gomez, and his codefendant, Jeffrey Allen Dabb, 39, of Ogden, Utah, towed a camper from Utah and rented a vacant lot on the reservation. In August 2019, a Wolf Point Police officer received information about drug activity on property where the camper was parked. The officer obtained a tribal search warrant to enter the property and seize the camper. Gomez, Dabb and another individual were in the camper. Dabb said that they were in the area to work in the North Dakota oil fields and denied there was anything illegal in the camper.

During a search of the camper, law enforcement found more than 6.5 ounces of meth, drug ledgers, electronic money transfer receipts showing money wires to individuals in Utah, a set of brass knuckles with a built-in knife, scales, baggies and other drug paraphernalia.

Gomez attempted to fur- Continued to page 12 ther the meth trafficking conspiracy while incarcerated on state charges by urging individuals to recover and sell the drugs, which he thought were still hidden in the camper.

Dabb was convicted in the case and sentenced to 51 months in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Plaut prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Wolf Point Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice and Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office.