A 26 year old woman from Kyle convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance has been sentenced by a federal US District Court judge.
Christine Richards must spend 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, pay $170 restitution for drug testing costs, and pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Richards was responsible for bringing between 1.5 and 5 kilograms of methamphetamine to South Dakota during her involvement in the conspiracy. In South Dakota she dispersed the methamphetamine and recruited others as sub-distributors to sell for her. Richards frequently traveled to the Pine Ridge Reservation to sell methamphetamine.
This case was investigated by the Badlands Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is comprised of agents from the FBI, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, Martin Police Department and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.
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