United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Greeley, Colorado, man and a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
Jeffery William Travis, age 55, was sentenced on September 9, 2019, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Marvin Glen McIlravy, age 65, was also sentenced on September 9, 2019, to 12 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Travis and McIlravy were indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2018. The conviction stems from Travis, McIlravy, and several other people distributing multiple pounds of methamphetamine in western South Dakota between 2016 and 2018. Travis obtained the methamphetamine from Colorado and transported it to South Dakota, where multiple co-conspirators further distributed the methamphetamine. McIlravy obtained the methamphetamine in South Dakota and distributed it primarily in the Rapid City area. Other co-conspirators have been sentenced while additional co-conspirators’ cases are still pending.
This case was investigated by federal, state, and local agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team, which is a local drug task force comprised of various agencies, including the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, and the Rapid City Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Gina S. Nelson, Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Travis and McIlravy were immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
