St. Francis Man Indicted on Methamphetamine Charges

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St. Francis Man Indicted on Methamphetamine Charges

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Dec. 13, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

Richard Charles Young, a/k/a RC Young, age 45, was indicted on Aug. 13, 2019. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Dec. 12, 2019, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

The penalty upon conviction is a mandatory minimum of 10 years, up to life in prison and/or a $10,000,000 fine, at least 5 years, up to a lifetime of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund for each Count. Restitution may also be ordered.

The Indictment alleges that no later than on or about the 1st day of January 2015, and continuing to on or about Aug. 13, 2019, Young knowingly and intentionally, combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed with persons known and unknown, to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation.

The charge is merely an accusation and Young is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The investigation is being conducted by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges is prosecuting the case.

Young 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

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