Dupree Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on February 20, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.

David Little Wounded, age 36, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Little Wounded was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 14, 2018.  He pled guilty on November 27, 2018.

The conviction stemmed from Little Wounded personally distributing between 200 and 350 grams of methamphetamine in South Dakota, beginning in April of 2016 and continuing through January of 2018. 

This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook prosecuted the case.

Little Wounded was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.