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Date: 02-21-2022
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Case Number: 5:21-cr-50040-JLV
Judge: Jeffrey L. Viken
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (Pennington County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Megan Lawrence, age 42, was indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance by a federal grand jury on February 19, 2021. She pleaded guilty on October 22, 2021. Lawrence was involved in a conspiracy responsible for distributing between 1.5 and 5 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Rapid City area. Methamphetamine was brought to South Dakota from California by Lawrence's co-conspirators, Larre Hayes and Shelby Tripp Lien. Lawrence helped further distribute the methamphetamine upon its arrival. Lawrence also received packages in the mail containing methamphetamine, coordinated by Hayes. Hayes is awaiting sentencing and Lien is pending trial.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobbaco, Firearms and Explosives and the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn N. Rich prosecuted the case.
Lawrence was immediately returned to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A); CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, $100 VAF
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