SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Four Sioux Falls, South Dakota, individuals convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances were sentenced.
Randi Nicole Sterud, age 20, and Cade Marcus Wignes, age 21, were both sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime
Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Authorities say back in 2019, Sterud and Wignes conspired to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl. Fentanyl is a Scheduled II controlled substance.
Sterud and Wignes were indicted by a federal grand jury on November 5, 2019. Sterud pled guilty on March 19, 2020, and Wignes pled guilty on June 8, 2020.
And 40-year-old Tyler Justin Hausten was sentenced to 126 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. Hausten was arrested after a traffic stop and search by law officials in 2019 yielded in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine.
35-year-old Tara Lynn Clark, who was also in the vehicle was sentenced to 110 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 also.
Hausten and Clark were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 3, 2020. Hausten pled guilty on May 21, 2020, and Clark pled guilty on June 3, 2020.
The convictions stemmed from incidents beginning on an unknown date and continuing until on or about March 2020, when both Hausten and Clark reached an agreement or came to an understanding to distribute the 500 grams.
(The Department of Justice contributed to this report.)
