SEPTEMBER 2022:
A US District Court judge has handed down the punishment for a Bullhead man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Eric Paul Archambault, age 33, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Court information says between 2018 and 2020, Archambault knowingly conspired with others to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
This case was investigated by the FBI, the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, the Corson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Standing Rock Agency.
FEBRUARY 2022:
A federal grand jury has indicted a 32 year old man from Bullhead for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Eric Paul Archambault pled not guilty.
The Indictment alleges that between 2018 and 2021, on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota, Archambault knowingly and intentionally conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
The maximum penalty upon conviction is 40 years in federal prison and/or a $5,000,000 fine, a lifetime of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.
The investigation is being conducted by the Mobridge Police Department, Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, Bureau of Indian Affairs – Office of Justice Services, Standing Rock Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook is prosecuting the case.
Archambault was released on bond pending trial. A trial date was set for March 15, 2022.
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