Frank Loring Miller Jr., Methamphetamine Trafficking, South Dakota 2020

South Dakota Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

A 61-year-old man from Fort Pierre, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.

Frank Loring Miller Jr. was sentenced on February 25, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, after being convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.

According to court documents, Miller conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in and around the Pierre and Ft. Pierre communities between February 1, 2019, and July 16, 2019.

As part of the conspiracy, Miller and his co-defendants traveled to Denver, Colorado to pick up methamphetamine. On June 23, 2019, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of Miller’s vehicle wherein 236 grams of methamphetamine, a scale, pipes and other items of distribution were found.

The case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, the Pierre Police Department, and the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.

Miller will self-report on March 10th to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Miller’s sentence is a result of his guilty plea on December 12, 2019, after being indicted by a federal grand jury on July 16, 2019.

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