Three Hope men were arrested on July 15 on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Thursday. The charges stem from a June 16 indictment filed in U.S. District Court by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene.

The indictment alleges that beginning in the summer of 2015 and continuing to February 2016, Larry Junior Hillbroom, 36, Morgan Kenney, 34, and Sean Robert Wathen, 48, conspired to distribute methamphetamine.

The federal methamphetamine conspiracy charge is punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and at least three years of supervised release.

Hillbroom, Kenney, and Wathen are scheduled for their initial appearance today at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene.