Fort Pierre Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on February 25, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.

Frank Loring Miller, Jr., age 61, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Miller was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 16, 2019. He pled guilty on December 12, 2019.

The conviction stemmed from a conspiracy that occurred between February 1, 2019, and July 16, 2019, in which Miller, knowingly and intentionally, conspired and agreed with others to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in and around the Pierre and Ft. Pierre communities.  As part of the conspiracy, Miller and his co-defendants traveled to Denver, Colorado to pick up methamphetamine.  On June 23, 2019, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of Miller’s vehicle wherein 236 grams of methamphetamine, a scale, pipes and other items of distribution were found.

This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, the Pierre Police Department, and the South Dakota Highway Patrol.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.

Miller will self-report on March 10th to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.