Man pleads guilty in drug case

COEUR d'ALENE - A 37-year-old Worley man pleaded guilty in United States District Court Wednesday to the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Larry Havier Jr., was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 22 and faces more than 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $10 million and at least five years of supervised release.

According to a press release, Havier admitted in court that between May 2013 and January 2014 he conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine. On at least two other occasions, according to the release, he delivered methamphetamine to a confidential source of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Drug Enforcement Administration.

Havier will be sentenced Aug. 18 before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.