A man from Lower Brule convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine has been sentenced in US District Court.
A federal judge gave 39 year old Philip Battese, a/k/a Philip Anthony Battese, Jr., 60 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release and a $1,000 fine.
The conviction stemmed from a conspiracy beginning in at least January 2016, continuing to April 2019, wherein Battese was involved with several others to distribute at least 200 grams of methamphetamine in and around the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Indian Reservations. The individuals who provided Battese with the methamphetamine knew that he intended to engage in further distribution of the drug.
Battese was immediately remanded to the custody of the US Marshals Service.
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