Case DIH-0848
Armando Angel Cheshier
Gave fentanyl and Xanax to a friend who spent the night with him in Sioux Falls after they both took drugs; he woke to find her dead, went across town for naloxone before the authorities were called, and took the remaining pills before they arrived. Ordered to pay $12,457.85 in restitution.
- Court
- Federal, District of South Dakota
- State
- South Dakota
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl; alprazolam (pills)
- Conduct
- Share; co-use
- Relationship
- Friend
- Conviction
- Distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute (two counts)
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- 252 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what South Dakota’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see South Dakota in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govSioux falls man sentenced 21 years federal prison connection fentanyl death
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