Four co-conspirators serving prison time for involvement in fentanyl conspiracy in Northeast South Dakota

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced Oct. 16, 2023 that U.S. District Court Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced Daren Lee Basche, a South Dakota man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. This was the last sentencing of the four defendants involved in this indictment, and it took place on Oct. 10, 2023. Basche, 58, of Brandon, SD, was sentenced to 9 years and 7 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release. Previously, Jevon McLeod, 33, of Sisseton, SD, was sentenced on Mar. 14, 2023, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release. Tiarah Bissonette, 26, of Sisseton, SD, was sentenced on Mar. 14, 2023, to 4 years and 9 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release. Trey Petrich, 24, of Watertown, SD, was sentenced on Aug. 28, 2023 to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release. Additionally, they were each ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. For more on this story and many more please purchase a copy of the Sisseton Courier on news stands now or purchase a copy of the E-edtion on this website.