WALLACE — A Silver Valley woman is facing up to seven years in prison after a jury returned a guilty verdict in Shoshone County District Court.  

Jamie Kleinbeck, 38, was found guilty Wednesday of felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after previously pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges from the same case.  

According to court records, the charges stemmed from a May 2024 incident where Kleinbeck called emergency services and demanded to speak with the FBI concerning fabricated allegations against deputies with the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office. She then barricaded herself inside her residence on Pine Creek Road as law enforcement arrived at the scene.  

Officers from three local law enforcement agencies responded, including Osburn and Kellogg police, and the SCSO. OPD Lt. Jason Woody was the first officer at the home and attempted to coax Kleinbeck out of the home to no avail, according to court records. He then told other responding officers that he believed her animated state and the allegations she was making were potentially the result of drug use.  

The SCSO deployed K-9 unit Lulu, who alerted them to the presence of drugs in Kleinbeck’s trailer and prompted them to secure a search warrant for the home.

While executing the search warrant, officers discovered drug paraphernalia and controlled substances throughout the trailer, including marijuana in the form of dab oil, psylocibin mushrooms and methamphetamine inside a pipe. They also found paraphernalia for smoking or ingesting different drugs.  

Kleinbeck, who had pleaded not guilty to all four drug charges in September, changed her plea during a pre-trial hearing March 3, pleading guilty to both misdemeanor charges and retaining her not guilty pleas for the two felony charges. 

Shoshone County Deputy Prosecutor Britney Jacobs viewed this strategy as an attempt by Kleinbeck to avoid full accountability for the crimes she was charged with. 

“This trial tactic is sometimes used by defense in order to portray to a jury that a defendant has taken responsibility for things which were theirs, bolstering their argument that the remaining items must not have been theirs,” Jacobs said. 

Kleinbeck is scheduled for sentencing May 19, when she faces up to seven years in prison and $15,000 in fines for possession of methamphetamine.