Billings man sentenced to 32 months on drug charges

BILLINGS - A Billings man who shipped fentanyl pills to his partner as part of a drug trafficking scheme was sentenced today to 32 months of prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.

Robert Roy Vincent, 36, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

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

The government alleged in court documents that Vincent shipped a box of fentanyl pills from a UPS store in California to his partner's house in Billings.

In April 2024 law enforcement in Yellowstone County received a tip that Vincent was selling fentanyl in Billings; he was already wanted by police for a number of outstanding warrants. Officers obtained a search warrant for Vincent's CashApp profile and learned he had received $4,800 from his partner between March and April 2024.

The CashApp data included a transaction from a UPS store in California on April 9, 2024. Investigators contacted the UPS store and learned Vincent had mailed a package to his partner's home in Billings. Law enforcement intercepted the package and found it contained approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Godfrey prosecuted the case. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the DEA, and the Billings Police Department conducted the investigation.