Eagle Butte Woman Sentenced for Methamphetamine Charges

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

Marilyn Ducheneaux, age 22, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, 5 years of supervised release, a $500 fine, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Ducheneaux was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 16, 2018.  She pled guilty on April 1, 2019.

The conviction stemmed from conduct that occurred beginning at a time unknown, but no later than on January 1, 2016, and continuing to October 16, 2018, in South Dakota, when Ducheneaux knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. 

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

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