Eddleman, 50, and Terri Jabs Kurth, 43, residents of both Red Lodge and Billings, are accused of distributing and facilitating the use of cocaine, Mercer said.
"Part of the charge to law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors is to not only attack drug trafficking organizations which supply illegal drugs, but also prosecute others in the community who distribute and facilitate the use of illegal drugs," he said in a statement.
"I deny, absolutely, these charges and I will be fighting them," Eddleman said Thursday. "But there is more to the story and I will probably address some of that," at a press conference he plans to hold after his initial court appearance.
A phone message left at a listing for a Terri Kurth in Laurel was not immediately returned.
The indictment alleges that from January 2004 through September 2008, Eddleman and Kurth obtained cocaine on multiple occasions from a person identified as D.B., and stored and used the drug at houses in Billings and Red Lodge. The indictment accuses Eddleman and Kurth of hosting parties and both places where the defendants used cocaine and knowingly allowed their guests to use cocaine.
The indictment accuses Eddleman and Kurth with conspiracy to maintain drug involved premises, two counts of maintaining drug involved premises and distribution of cocaine.
Eddleman is a former Stillwater County attorney and made an unsuccessful run for a seat on the Montana Supreme Court in 2002. He worked as a staff attorney with the Yellowstone County Public Defender Office for just over a year, resigning in April 2004 to open a private practice in Billings. He was named Carbon County attorney in June 2006.
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