33-year-old Jenna Garniss, a former Ellsworth woman has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for conspiracy to possess, with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
Garniss was sentenced to 61 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. She pleaded guilty on June 27, 2025.
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine:
According to court records, between 2022 and 2023, co-conspirator Alex Hanna arranged with a California-based source of supply, co-conspirator Codee Houston, to obtain and ship pounds of methamphetamine to Hancock County. Garniss and others in the Ellsworth area distributed the drug and returned drug proceeds to Hanna. Garniss, at Hanna’s direction, wired some of the funds to Houston, resulting in the money laundering charge.
On October 10, 2025, Codee Houston was sentenced to 14 years in prison and five years of supervised release. On March 6, 2025, Alex Hanna was sentenced to 11½ years in prison and five years of supervised release.
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