No prison time for Bemidji woman connected to meth bust

BEMIDJI -- A Bemidji woman has received probation for her part in a methamphetamine distribution operation exposed by the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force in June in the Puposky area. One co-conspirator was sentenced to 16 years in prison while two others await sentencing in federal court.

Tamara Halverson, 45, pleaded guilty to felony drug sale in February in Beltrami County District Court. She was convicted of third-degree drug sale on March 30 and sentenced to 10 years supervised probation. Halverson pleaded not guilty in August to one count of felony first-degree sale of methamphetamine. For the third-degree conviction, Halverson must pay a $1,000 fine of which $800 will be suspended if there are no probation violations within the first year.

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