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U.S. Attorney General Ron Parsons<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that 37 people have been federally indicted as part of OCDETF <\/span>Operation Say Uncle<\/i>. \u00a0OCDETF stands for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which is a \u201ckeystone of the Attorney General\u2019s strategy to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics throughout the United States using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to combat transnational organized crime.\u201d OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles drug traffickers, money launderers, and transnational criminal organizations.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors in Rapid City, South Dakota, working cooperatively with law enforcement agencies across the State, federally charged 37 defendants with drug-related offenses, despite the challenges imposed on the criminal justice system and law enforcement officers everywhere by COVID-19.\u00a0 The South Dakota Attorney General\u2019s Office charged nine persons with state offenses as part of the same Operation.\u00a0 The charges allege the defendants conspired with each other to bring multiple pounds of methamphetamine into Western South Dakota beginning in 2019 and continuing into 2020.<\/p>\n

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Agencies involved in this effort include the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Rapid City Police Department, Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Deadwood Police Department, Lawrence County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Spearfish Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. \u00a0Outside of South Dakota, agencies assisted from the Reno County (KS) Drug Enforcement Unit, Billings (MT) Drug Task Force, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Saint Joe (MO) Drug Task Force, Utah Highway Patrol, Utah State Bureau of Investigation, Greensboro (NC) Drug Task Force, and the Yuba City (CA) NET5 Drug Task Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese indictments are the result of tremendous cooperation and teamwork between all levels of law enforcement in South Dakota,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of these dedicated state, local, tribal, and federal officers and agents, and all hands are on deck as we continue to work together to defeat the scourge of illegal drugs that is devastating communities across the State.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur partnership with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office has been incredibly successful in this matter,\u201d said David Natvig, Director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.\u00a0 \u201cTheir cooperation and assistance have helped all the law enforcement agencies involved to see the fruits of the hard work they put into building this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those federally charged include: Erick Anaya (30, Archdale, NC); Kelly Barker (67, Rapid City, SD ); Ricardo Barragan (30, Aurora, CO); Christopher Bell (27, Rapid City, SD); Nathan Bellew (39, Hot Springs, SD); Kelley Blevins (42, Box Elder, SD); Robert Brenden (33, Rapid City, SD); Jennifer Cagle (32, Box Elder, SD); Robert Cagle (31, Box Elder, SD); \u00a0Uzziel Carillo-Rojas (33, Mazatlan, Mexico); Charles Clark (42, Box Elder, SD); Jennifer Clark (41, Box Elder, SD); Mason Colbath (29, Rapid City, SD); Michael Cole (30, Rapid City, SD); Melvin Corbine (43, Rapid City, SD); Justin Coyle (34, Rapid City, SD); Lenin Flores-Herrera (27, Mazatlan, Mexico); Matthew Foster (43, Huron, SD); Luis Gonzalez Meza (42, Tijuana, Mexico); Patrick Greenfield (30, Rapid City, SD); Erin Hunter (35, Rapid City, SD); Rayne Jackson (27, Denver, CO); Stephen Jordan (30, Rapid City, SD); Scott Kallstrom (40, Rapid City, SD); Christina Kruse (23, Sioux Falls, SD); Anthony Larson (40, Rapid City, SD); Delaine Martinez (43, Billings, MT); Michael McLeod (41, Rapid City, SD); Teri Moore (36, Hot Springs, SD); Javier Reyna (56, Oceanside, CA); Tiana Rountree (24, Rapid City, SD); Aynjel Schumacher (26, Rapid City, SD); Martin Shaw (45, Rapid City, SD); Michael Sherard (34, Brooklyn Park, MN); John Thornberry (23, Spearfish, SD); Darwin Toof (30, Box Elder, SD ); and Eric Yockey (35, Black Hawk, SD).\u00a0 All but three of the defendants have been arrested.\u00a0 All arrested defendants are pending trial, with the exceptions of Barker, Bell, Hunter, and Schumacher, each of whom has pleaded guilty. \u00a0Bell was sentenced on November 16, 2020, to more than 12 years in federal prison. \u00a0Barker, Hunter, and Schumacher are pending sentencing.<\/p>\n

These charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

The South Dakota Attorney General\u2019s Office has charged Travis Maho, Alex Nimmor, Duane Apple, Keith Laframboise, Orlyn Anderson, Tabitha Range, Chris Luke, Zack Franzen, and Christopher Tomac in connection with this investigation. \u00a0Those charges, as well, are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty<\/p>\n

Finally, Kansas authorities prosecuted co-conspirator Jennie Wallace, who was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

The case is being prosecuted federally by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn N. Rich. \u00a0The state charged defendants are being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Trevor Thielen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. Attorney General Ron Parsons United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that 37 people have been federally indicted as part of OCDETF Operation Say Uncle. \u00a0OCDETF stands for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which is a \u201ckeystone of the Attorney General\u2019s strategy to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics <\/p>\n

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