A South Dakota woman, Alyce Marie Morrison, 34, has been sentenced for her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
According to the U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Seiler, Morrison was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and sentenced to 95 months in custody, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
The court also ordered Morrison to forfeit $80 in U.S. currency, a firearm, and ammunition, as well as pay a mandatory special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $200.
Morrison was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 15, 2017, and pleaded guilty on June 27, 2017.
As part of her guilty plea, Morrison admitted to conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine in the District of South Dakota between July 1, 2016, and March 15, 2017.
She received and distributed distributable quantities of methamphetamine and admitted that it was reasonably foreseeable to her that more than 500 grams of methamphetamine would be distributed during the course of the conspiracy.
On November 16, 2016, Morrison sold 1.5 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant for $175 and fronted that informant another gram of methamphetamine.
On January 14, 2017, Morrison was stopped by tribal law enforcement in Eagle Butte and found to be in possession of $80 in U.S. currency, 6.68 grams of methamphetamine, and a loaded firearm.
This case was investigated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Assistant U.S. Attorney SaraBeth Donovan prosecuted the case.
Morrison was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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