Mission Man Sentenced for Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under Age 21

PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under Age 21. The sentencing took place on May 22, 2023.

Jeremy Richards, age 29, was sentenced to five years and one month in federal prison, followed by six years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Richards was indicted by a federal grand jury in August of 2022. He pleaded guilty on February 27, 2023.

The conviction stems from conduct that occurred between January 1, 2021, and January 1, 2022, in Todd County, South Dakota, wherein Richards distributed methamphetamine to a juvenile who was between 16 and 17 years old.

This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.

Richards was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.