Idaho Falls man convicted of federal drug trafficking charges

The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (Idaho). Photo: Bonneville County Jail

POCATELLO – A federal jury convicted Jason Lundholm, 36, of Idaho Falls, of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver following a four-day trial, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced.

According to court documents, on September 26, 2023, officers with the Idaho Falls Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in Idaho Falls. Lundholm was sitting in the rear passenger seat.

Officers searched the vehicle and found 227 grams of methamphetamine in a fast food bag at Lundholm’s feet. Evidence presented during the trial revealed that Lundholm conspired with his co-defendants, Jeremy Wheeler, 49, of Idaho Falls, and Breena Jolley, 44, of Pocatello, who were also in the vehicle, to distribute methamphetamine.

The jury found Lundholm guilty on both counts on November 21 after two hours of deliberations. Lundholm is scheduled to be sentenced on February 13, 2025 before Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Lundholm faces a maximum sentence of twenty years in federal prison.

Wheeler and Jolley previously pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute methamphetamine and both are scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18 before Judge Winmill.

U.S. Attorney Hurwit praised the investigation by the Idaho Falls Police Department and the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office that led to the charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Paskett is prosecuting the case.