Danny Ray Callahan, Jr., Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, South Dakota 2019

A Watertown man has been sentenced for his role in a massive methamphetamine conspiracy that brought over 500 grams of the highly addictive substance into the region.

Danny Ray Callahan, Jr., 40, was one of six defendants convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. He was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison, 5 years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100 by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on September 23, 2019.

The methamphetamine conspiracy, which took place in and around Watertown and Sisseton from November 23, 2017 through February 28, 2018, involved Callahan and three other co-defendants selling methamphetamine brought to South Dakota from California by co-defendants Josh Paul and Victor Caperon.

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.

This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Corson County Sheriff’s Office, Mobridge Police Department, and the Watertown Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.

Callahan was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/watertown-man-sentenced-conspiracy-distribute-methamphetamine