POCATELLO – Duncan Tendoy, 52, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 24 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Tendoy to serve three years of supervised release. Tendoy pleaded guilty to the charge on April 26, 2016.
On August 9, 2015, an officer with the Fort Hall Police Department was checking a vehicle when he noticed Tendoy leaving the residence of a known drug offender on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Officers talked to Tendoy and noticed that he was touching his pockets repeatedly in a suspicious manner. Officers then saw a clear plastic bag in Tendoy’s hand. The bag contained a crystallized substance which Tendoy admitted was methamphetamine. Tendoy admitted that he had just bought the methamphetamine from a person in a nearby residence. He admitted that he possessed the controlled substance intending to later sell and distribute it to someone else. He also admitted that he was in the drug business.
The case was investigated by the Fort Hall Police Department and the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office.