United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Paul, Minnesota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Frank Edward Adams, a/k/a Tank Adams, age 44, was indicted on Nov. 14, 2018. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Dec. 19, 2018, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.
The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to life in federal prison, including a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and/or a $10,000,000 fine, a lifetime of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.
The Indictment alleges that beginning at a time unknown but no later than on Dec. 1, 2015, and continuing to Nov. 14, 2018, in South Dakota, Adams knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
The charge is merely an accusation and Adams is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges is prosecuting the case.
Adams was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending trial. A trial date has not been set.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
