United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre,
South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to
Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Arlyn Keckler, age 38, was indicted on February 13,
2019. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate
Judge Mark A. Moreno on March 12, 2019, and pled not guilty to the Indictment.
The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to life in federal
prison, including a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and/or a
$10,000,000 fine, a lifetime of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal
Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also
be ordered.
The Indictment alleges that beginning at a time unknown but
no later than on May 1, 2015, and continuing to February 13, 2019, in South
Dakota, Keckler knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to distribute
and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, a Schedule II
controlled substance.
The charge is merely an accusation and Keckler is presumed
innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, and
the Norther Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges is
prosecuting the case.
Keckler was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals
Service pending trial. A trial date has
not been set.
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