SEATTLE — A Snohomish County man was ordered Monday to spend a decade in federal prison for pushing drugs on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
Jimmy Dale Burleson, 23, was accused of dealing methamphetamine on the reservation. He pleaded guilty in January to possession of meth with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
He was arrested June 2008 on the reservation. Burleson had been banned from being on the reservation because of his ties to ongoing criminal activity.
A Tulalip Tribal Police officer found Burleson asleep in his car along with a large amount of meth and a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol loaded with hollow-point bullets, according to court papers.
Police also found a digital scale and more than $1,300 in cash.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Redkey Jr. described Burleson as a “one-man crime wave on the reservation.”
U.S. District Judge James Robart ordered a lengthy sentence as a way to protect the community. He also encouraged Burleson to get drug treatment while he was locked up.
The case was investigated by Tulalip Tribal Police Department and the FBI.
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