Billings woman sentenced to just under 3 years on drug trafficking charges

BILLINGS - A woman who received a package of fentanyl pills in the mail was sentenced Wednesday to two years and nine months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.

Makenna Rose Kramer, 27, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of attempted possession with intent to distribute and distributing fentanyl.

U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer presided.

The government alleged in court documents that Kramer was shipped a package with fentanyl pills that she planned to sell.

On June 12, 2024, officials obtained a search warrant to open a parcel addressed to Kramer and in it they found 108.75 grams of blue pills that tested positive for fentanyl. Law enforcement sealed up the package and placed it back in the mail, tracking it to Kramer's Billings residence. Once it was delivered agents searched Kramer's home and located the package.

Kramer spoke with authorities and granted permission for them to search her phone. She denied knowing what was in the package but her phone showed that she had been meticulously tracking the package's shipment and discussing it with her roommate. Further messaging on her phone revealed Kramer had been selling fentanyl. Additionally, in a separate drug investigation, law enforcement had learned that Kramer was supplying another individual fentanyl.

The U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case. The United States Postal Inspection Service and the Billings Police Department conducted the investigation.