Case DIH-2588
Anthony Sorenson
A Rapid City, South Dakota, man sentenced to life in prison for distributing the fentanyl behind a 2023 overdose death.
- Court
- Federal, District of South Dakota
- State
- South Dakota
- Year of death
- 2023
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of fentanyl resulting in death (plea after a three-day trial)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- Life in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 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
- digital-release.keloland.comRapid city man sentenced to life for 2023 fentanyl overdose death
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.