Pocatello man sentenced for possession with intent to distribute

Kasey Ray Converse, 32, of Pocatello was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.

U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson said Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered Converse to serve 3 years of supervised release and forfeit a firearm and all drug proceeds.

Converse was stopped by Idaho State Police in Oneida County on December 17, 2015. According to court documents, officers found both methamphetamine and heroin in his possession as well as a firearm.
They said Converse knowingly possessed the drugs and was intending to distribute them to another person.

The conviction is a result of a joint operation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Idaho State Police, the Pocatello Police Department, and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, Mini-Cassia Drug Task Force, Cassia County Sheriff’s Office, and the Minidoka County Sheriff’s Office.