Fort Thompson Woman Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance

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

Brooke Kristen Shields, age 32, was indicted on November 14, 2018.  She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on November 29, 2018, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

The maximum penalty upon conviction is a minimum of 10 years in federal prison and/or a $20,000,000 fine, at least 5 years of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.  Restitution may also be ordered.

The Indictment alleges that beginning no later than January 1, 2017, and continuing through the date the Indictment was filed, Shields knowingly and intentionally distributed and possessed with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.

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

The investigation is being conducted by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Cook is prosecuting the case.   

Shields was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending trial.  A trial date has not been set.