Daniel Roan Eagle, Methamphetamine Charge, South Dakota 2021

A Rapid City man was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison for a methamphetamine charge.

On June 7, 2021, Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, sentenced 30-year-old Daniel Roan Eagle for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred on October 27, 2019, on a rural road in Todd County. During the early morning hours, Roan Eagle became stranded during a snowstorm. Officers were able to locate Roan Eagle and get him to safety. During the contact, officers found a backpack that contained marijuana and 80 grams of methamphetamine, along with a scale and other drug paraphernalia items.

Roan Eagle was intending to distribute the methamphetamine on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in central South Dakota.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. The PSN Program focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

Roan Eagle was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

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

Assistant U.S. Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services.

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