A 35-year-old woman from Belleview, Washington has been sentenced for a significant drug bust in Tehama County. In January Mary Leeonna Powell was driving northbound on Interstate Five, heading home in a car she had rented in Las Vegas. A Tehama County Deputy pulled her over for a traffic violation and thought she was acting very nervous. The deputy asked if he could search the car and she apparently gave him permission. 22 Pounds of Methamphetamine and almost 2 Pounds of Fentanyl were found in the trunk of the car. Prosecutors pushed for an 8 year prison sentence. Powell has been sentenced to 544 days in county jail and an 8 year prison term that’s suspended on condition of 2 years probation.
-Steve Gibson