EVERETT — An Everett man accused of being a major oxycodone distributor and of violently beating his ex-girlfriend was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court.
Timothy R. Bland, 28, was ordered to spend 10 years in prison for the drug charges and 12 years behind bars for the July 17, 2007, brutal attack and kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend at an Everett hotel.
As part of a plea agreement, Bland will serve both sentences concurrently in state prison, said Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Police accused Bland of running an oxycodone ring that had connections to the Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle and Los Angeles.
Every few weeks, Bland would buy thousands of the prescription narcotics and sell them in the Everett area, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
On June 2, 2007, Bland tried to buy to buy 9,000 oxycodone pills for about $295,000, or about $32.50 a pill, the documents said.
About six weeks later, a SWAT team arrested Bland in a hotel room after his ex-girlfriend reported being raped and beaten, court documents said.
The arrest occurred after Bland was implicated in the drug case, but before he was indicted, the documents said.
The Bothell woman told police that she was given a choice: submit to sex or leave the hotel room in a body bag.
“Don’t make a scene or I will kill you,” Bland told the woman, according to court papers.
The woman told police the following: Bland assaulted her with a belt and a foot-long chain. He allegedly took out a gun, held it to her head and forced her to have sex; she escaped when Bland, who had been on a meth binge, passed out.
Bland admitted guilt in the violent attacks and spared the woman from testifying in court proceedings, the court papers said.
After his release, Bland will be under community supervision for three years and will be required to register as a sex offender, Langlie said.
At sentencing, Bland told the judge he “had remorse for the pills he sold, because now his brother is addicted to them,” she said.
Reporter Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437 or jholtz@heraldnet.com
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