Case DIH-1031
Canaan Renville
Sold fentanyl powder to a man in Sisseton, South Dakota, who had been buying from him; the man was found dead in his apartment hours later, in October 2024.
- Court
- Federal, District of South Dakota
- State
- South Dakota
- Year of death
- 2024
- Year sentenced
- 2026
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (powder)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 262 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.govAgency village man sentenced 21 years federal prison distribution controlled substance
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