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Iowa Woman Indicted on Meth Trafficking Charges

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux City, Iowa, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

Veronica Arciniega, age 42, was indicted on July 16, 2019.  She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on July 26, 2019, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.

The maximum penalty upon conviction is a mandatory minimum of 5 years, up to 40 years in prison and/or a $5,000,000 fine, at least 4 years supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.  Restitution may also be ordered. 

The Indictment alleges that between February 1, 2019, and July 16, 2019, Arciniega did knowingly and intentionally, combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with persons known and unknown, to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more methamphetamine.

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

The investigation is being conducted by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges is prosecuting the case.   

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

Updated July 30, 2019

Topic
Drug Trafficking