Watertown Woman Sentenced for Her Role in Fentanyl Conspiracy

SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Watertown, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on October 30, 2023.

Taylor Hoff, 29, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison, followed by five  years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Hoff was indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance by a federal grand jury in April of 2023. She pleaded guilty on July 31, 2023.

During her involvement in the conspiracy, Hoff obtained pills containing fentanyl from a co-conspirator on front and re-sold the pills to drug customers in northeastern South Dakota, to include on the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Watertown Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Hodges prosecuted the case.

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