A major blow has been dealt to a methamphetamine conspiracy in South Dakota, with three individuals sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the operation. Victor Manuel Caperon, age 36, from San Diego, California, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Caperon, along with co-defendants Amos Hall, a/k/a Amos Lee Hall, IV, age 36, from Watertown, South Dakota, and Alexis Dumarce, age 31, from Watertown, South Dakota, were convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Hall was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100, while Dumarce received a sentence of 50 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
The convictions stem from a methamphetamine conspiracy in and around the Watertown and Sisseton, South Dakota areas from November 23, 2017, through February 28, 2018. The conspiracy involved over 500 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. Hall, Dumarce, and two other co-defendants, Dyvon Byrd and Danny Callahan, were selling methamphetamine brought to South Dakota from California by Caperon and co-defendant Josh Paul.
Caperon and Paul were found with six pounds of methamphetamine on February 28, 2018, during a traffic stop in Corson County, South Dakota. This methamphetamine was intended for sale in the Watertown and Sisseton areas. The case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Corson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Watertown Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case, which resulted in the sentencing of Caperon, Hall, and Dumarce on May 14, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Caperon was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 13, 2018, and pled guilty on November 14, 2018. Hall and Dumarce were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 13, 2018, and pled guilty on November 13, 2018.
Caperon, Hall, and Dumarce were immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Byrd, Callahan, and Paul are set to be sentenced on June 3, 2019. The sentencing of these three individuals marks a significant victory in the fight against methamphetamine trafficking in South Dakota, and serves as a warning to those who would engage in such activities.
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Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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