United States of America v. Alisa See

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Rapid City Woman Sentenced to Over 22 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Traffic Large Quantities of Methamphetamine in Western South Dakota

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.



Alisa See, age 39, was sentenced to 22 ½ 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.



See was indicted by a federal grand jury in July of 2023 and pleaded guilty on October 25, 2024.



Between 2022 and 2023, See was part of a drug conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in South Dakota. See worked with another co-conspirator to transport methamphetamine from California to western South Dakota. The two then distributed the methamphetamine to others for further redistribution.



"See was personally involved in the distribution of at least 30 pounds of methamphetamine in western South Dakota,” said U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell. "We are grateful to our law enforcement partners at UNET for investigating and exposing this drug conspiracy, which permitted the U.S. Attorney's Office to seek a federal conviction and impactful sentence.”



This case was investigated by the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (UNET.) UNET is comprised of law enforcement from the Pennington County Sheriff's Office, Rapid City Police Department, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, South Dakota Highway Patrol, and the South Dakota National Guard. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Hodges prosecuted the case.



See was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service following sentencing.