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A California man is going down for 23 years after getting caught running a meth and fentanyl operation in Sioux Falls. Dejuan Croom, 43, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 23 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a California-Nevada based trafficking organization.
Croom was part of a crew that shipped packages of meth and fentanyl through the mail and used rental cars with hidden compartments to transport the drugs to South Dakota. He worked under the direction of Quantiae Harris, the group’s leader, who ordered Croom to drive the rental cars from California to Sioux Falls and deposit large sums of money into his bank accounts.
From late 2023 to September 2024, Croom sold the drugs to local sub-distributors in the Sioux Falls area and was instrumental in laundering the proceeds. His guilty plea came on January 12, 2026, after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2024.
The case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, which aims to eliminate transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling and trafficking rings. Croom was ordered to pay a $200 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund as part of his sentence.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Drug Trafficking
- Defendant: South Dakota
- Location: SD
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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