United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre,
South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was
sentenced on April 6, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District
Court.
Melissa Jean Scull, age 39, was sentenced to 77 months in
federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and a
special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Scull was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 16, 2019.
She pled guilty on December 5, 2019.
The conviction stemmed from a conspiracy that occurred
between February 1, 2019, and July 16, 2019, in which Scull, knowingly and
intentionally, conspired and agreed with others to knowingly and intentionally
distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in and around
the Pierre and Ft. Pierre Communities.
As part of the conspiracy, Scull and her co-defendants traveled to
Denver, Colorado, to pick up methamphetamine.
On June 23, 2019, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of
co-defendant Frank Miller’s vehicle, of which Scull was a passenger, wherein
236 grams of methamphetamine, a scale, pipes, and other items of distribution
were found.
This 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.
Scull was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S.Marshals Service.
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