Woman who dealt drugs from her Lake Stevens restaurant sentenced to ten years in prison

Husband and son also involved in drug trafficking ring; husband disappeared after sentencing, his whereabouts are unknown

“She was distributing pound quantities of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills. But what is most shocking is that she had her teenage son engaging in drug distribution at her direction.” U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.

A 46-year-old woman who trafficked drugs out of a downtown Lake Stevens restaurant she co-owned was sentenced today to ten years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.

The fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking was a family affair, with the parents and teenage son bringing in shipments from Mexico via California and redistributing the narcotics through a regional affiliate of a larger out-of-state drug trafficking organization.

While mom is headed for ten years and son received probation, dad is either on the run or …at rest. Fed wiretaps recorded family angst after the father reported that he’d been robbed at gunpoint in California, an episode that caused a rift between suppliers. The father’s tracking device stopped working directly after he was sentenced but before he was required to report to prison.

Ahead on the 2020 bust, federal law enforcement observers setup in positions around the Lake Stevens restaurant