The U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
The sentencing took place on November 4, 2024.
Jaden Rae Lalley-Mestas, 24, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Lalley-Mestas was indicted by a federal grand jury in September of 2023. He pleaded guilty on August 16, 2024.
The conviction stemmed from a package seizure that occurred in April of 2023 when law enforcement discovered that approximately six pounds of methamphetamine was shipped in a package destined for Lalley-Mestas’ home.
Agents later examined the contents of Lalley-Mestas’ phone pursuant to a search warrant and discovered that he was working with others to receive the package and provide it to another co-conspirator.
