United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
Danielle Lane Provancial, age 21, was sentenced to 60 months in custody, followed by 4 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Provancial was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 15, 2015. She pled guilty on Jan. 20, 2016, to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Beginning in March of 2015, Provancial received and distributed methamphetamine in South Dakota. The individuals who provided Provancial with large amounts of methamphetamine knew she intended to engage in further distribution. Provancial had other dealers working for her, and she carried a.22 pistol for protection because she was worried that she would be robbed while selling methamphetamine. It was reasonably foreseeable to Provancial that more than 50 grams of methamphetamine would be distributed during the course of this conspiracy.
This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ted L. McBride and SaraBeth Donovan prosecuted the case.
Provancial was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
