POCATELLO, Idaho (CBS2) — U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced 54-year-old Richard Corey Fox and 61-year-old Angelina Larae Norton, a couple living in Idaho Falls, were sentenced to over ten years combined for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine in eastern Idaho.
According to court records, detectives with the BADGES Task Force initiated an investigation in the summer of 2022, identifying Fox and Norton as the source of fentanyl and other controlled substances for others in the region.
The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on Fox's vehicle on July 19, 2022. During the stop, law enforcement seized an ounce of methamphetamine and a large amount of U.S. currency. A separate car with Norton as a passenger was stopped shortly after, and three-quarters of a pound of methamphetamine was seized.
Further investigation uncovered cell phone communications showing Norton and Fox engaged in distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine and had firearms.
On May 28, 2024, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Fox to 92 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On Dec. 22, 2023, Judge Nye sentenced Norton to 37 months, almost three years, in federal prison and three years of supervised release.
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