Capri Sun meth dealer gets four years in jail

POLSON — A 54-year-old Great Falls woman was sentenced to four years in jail during Lake County District Court last Thursday as part of her plea agreement for possessing meth with the intent of dealing it.

Authorities discovered that Donna Lamere had meth in a modified Capri Sun drink pouch after they searched a vehicle she was a passenger in on U.S. Highway 93 last September.

According to the court affidavit, authorities recognized Lamere from a prior drug investigation during a traffic stop of a 1997 Chrysler Sebring on Hwy. 93 on Lumpry road in Arlee on Sept. 15, 2011. Lamere was the passenger in the vehicle, and after the driver gave them permission to search it, they located a brown leather purse in the back seat. When they asked whose it was, Lamere said she would “take the blame for it.”

Authorities found a small piece of paper folded in a bindle, a common way to package drugs for resale, a small glass pipe used for smoking meth and a modified Capri Sun pouch. Inside the pouch was a sandwich bag containing seven grams of meth and a bag containing 19 more bindles. There was also a digital scale with white residue on it.

Lamere agreed to a plea agreement on Jan. 12. She was sentenced to 10 years in jail with six years suspended.