A Tennessee man appeared in District Court on June 6 on a drug trafficking charge.

Malice Clark Jr., aka Greg Clark, aka “Greed,” 57, of Memphis, Tenn., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Sentencing was set for Oct. 17 and Clark was detained pending further proceedings.

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Prosecutors argued that from at least February 2021 to April 2022, Clark mailed small quantities of fentanyl from his Tennessee home to John Doe and his wife in Great Falls on multiple occasions.

Clark and Doe were friends and Doe sent money to Clark in exchange for fentanyl, according to court documents.

Doe typically sent money through a mobile cash transfer app and Clark sent a receipt and U.S. Postal Service tracking number for the package that contained fentanyl, according to court documents.

Doe and his wife received a package of fentanyl from Clark on April 5, 2022 and that evening, they both took some of the fentanyl.

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Around 2:20 a.m. April 6, 2022, Doe’s wife called 911 to report that Doe had overdosed. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead, according to court documents.

An autopsy determined his death was caused by acute fentanyl intoxication.

During the investigation, law enforcement collected fentanyl pills from Doe’s home and his wife admitted to having obtained the pills through the mail from Clark, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey K. Starnes is prosecuting the case.

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The Great Falls Police Department, Memphis Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Drug Enforcement Administration and Montana Medical Examiner Office conducted the investigation.