United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Shanna Michelle Pleets, age 40, was indicted on July 16, 2019. She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes on Sept. 16, 2019, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.
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 Indictment alleges that beginning at a time unknown, but no later than March 1, 2018, and continuing to June 17, 2018, Pleets knowingly and intentionally, combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed with persons to knowingly and intentionally distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation.
The charge is merely an accusation and Pleets 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 Cameron J. Cook is prosecuting the case.
Pleets 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
