Lower Brule Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on February 19, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

Shanna St. Cloud, age 21, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

St. Cloud was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 11, 2018.  She pled guilty on November 27, 2018.

Beginning at a time unknown, but no later than December 1, 2015, through September 11, 2018, St. Cloud knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in the District of South Dakota, in and around the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Sioux Indian Reservations.  The individuals who provided St. Cloud with methamphetamine knew that she intended to engage in further distribution.  St. Cloud admitted that between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was distributed during the course of the conspiracy.

This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.

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