A woman from Lower Brule convicted of Conspiracy to Tamper with a Witness has been sentenced in federal court.
Dale Lynn James, age 33, was sentenced to a 10 month split sentence– five months in federal prison and five months of home confinement, followed by two years of supervised release.
The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred between March 3 and March 14, 2019, where James knowingly conspired with Clinton Haukaas, a/k/a Fuddy Haukaas, to publish a list of 28 persons Haukaas believed would be called to testify against him at his upcoming federal jury trial related to meth trafficking. James coordinated the scheme with Haukaas through text messages while Haukaas was incarcerated at the Hughes County Jail. Haukaas sent James a list of the names through the mail and instructed her to put it on Facebook. James took pictures of the list and sent the images to several different people on Facebook with intent to influence the testimony of the named individuals at Haukaas’ trial.
James will report to the custody of the US Marshals Service January 4, 2021.
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