United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 21, 2016, by United States District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
Stephen Paul Jordan, age 26, was sentenced to 60 months in custody, 4 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Jordan was initially indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance by a federal grand jury on July 21, 2015. A superseding indictment was filed on Oct. 20, 2015. Jordan pled guilty on January 6, 2016, to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
During 2014 and 2015, Jordan was actively selling methamphetamine on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Jordan had individuals selling methamphetamine for him and he sold methamphetamine for others. Jordan admitted he was present for and participated in the sale of at least 50 grams of methamphetamine. During a search warrant executed in April of 2015 at the home in which he was residing in Mission, South Dakota, officers found Jordan, another co-conspirator, several bags of methamphetamine, marihuana, over $1,600 in U.S. currency, scales, numerous items of drug paraphernalia and a.22 caliber rifle.
This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ted L. McBride and SaraBeth Donovan prosecuted the case.
Jordan was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service to begin serving his sentence.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
