- James Gage Greene, 20, from Wyoming, was sentenced for distributing fentanyl.
- Greene received 489 days in jail and three years probation for his crimes.
- He was involved in a SWAT bust in Woods Cross with drugs and firearms.
FARMINGTON — A Wyoming man who was arrested during a SWAT drug bust in Woods Cross last year was sentenced to jail and probation for distributing fentanyl.
James Gage Greene, 20, of Evanston, Wyoming, pleaded guilty in July to distribution of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, and possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony. In exchange for his plea, charges of possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor, were dismissed.
Greene was sentenced to one to 15 years for the distribution charge and a term of zero to five years for the firearm possession charge. The prison terms were suspended, however, and he was ordered to serve 489 days in jail, with credit given for the 489 days he had already served in jail. He is sentenced to three years of probation, during which he must obtain a high school diploma, be evaluated for substance abuse and complete cognitive/behavioral therapy, court documents state.
Greene was driving a vehicle in March 2024 when Salt Lake SWAT officers conducted a search warrant. The officers followed the vehicle to a motel in Woods Cross, where an exchange took place with another vehicle.
Police say they surrounded the two cars, taking the occupants into custody, and reported finding more than $16,000 in cash, a large bag with thousands of fentanyl pills, and guns, including an AR-15 and a stolen handgun, in the cars.
Officers went back to the original residence, and according to court documents, found more pills, heroin, methamphetamine, and eight bags of suspected psilocybin mushrooms within a pancake box in the pantry, and detained the two people found inside the home. One of the women arrested in the house claimed the house was owned by Fahrija Ceho, police say.
Ceho was arrested two days earlier, separate charging documents indicate, after he was found sleeping in his truck with "drug paraphernalia in plain sight." Officers reported finding "a large amount of oxycodone pills packaged in groups of five in individual baggies," and many more in a safe. Ceho was sentenced in May 2024 to a term of one to 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute.
Greene was also convicted of kidnapping in 3rd District Court for helping his stepfather force two victims into a car at gunpoint over a monetary dispute a week before the drug incident in March 2024, court documents state. He was sentenced in August to one to 15 years in prison, but his prison term was suspended and he was ordered to serve 90 days in jail and four years of probation.
