南达科他州 Rapid City 女子共谋贩毒判 9 年：车内查获 7,500 粒芬太尼药片与 2 磅冰毒
南达科他州 Rapid City 一名女子因共谋分销受控物质被判 9 年联邦监禁。美国司法部南达科他区联邦检察官办公室 11 月 12 日公布，联邦地区法官 Camela T. Theeler 已对 Nicole Catches 作出判决，宣判于 11 月 10 日进行。
Catches 现年 41 岁，刑期为 9 年联邦监禁，其后 5 年监管释放，并须缴纳 100 美元特别评估费，判后即被法警局收押。她于 2025 年 10 月被联邦大陪审团起诉，2026 年 5 月 18 日认罪。
据法庭文件，2026 年 7 月至 9 月间，Catches 参与一个在 Rapid City 分销非法毒品的团伙，其间与同伙前往科罗拉多州的供货源头取货，取得多种非法毒品准备带回南达科他州出售。2026 年 9 月，他们从科罗拉多州返程途中被执法人员拦停，车内查获约 7,500 粒芬太尼药片、2 磅冰毒、芬太尼粉末、海洛因、可卡因、6,000 多美元现金与一支被盗手枪。
此案是司法部「夺回美国行动」的一部分，由统一缉毒执法队（UNET）与缉毒局（DEA）调查，助理联邦检察官 Benjamin Patterson 起诉。
Rapid City Woman Sentenced to 9 Years for Drug Conspiracy: 7,500 Fentanyl Pills and 2 Pounds of Meth Seized
A Rapid City, South Dakota, woman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota announced on November 12 that U.S. District Judge Camela T. Theeler sentenced Nicole Catches on November 10.
Catches, 41, received nine years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. She was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2025 and pleaded guilty on May 18, 2026.
According to court documents, between July and September 2026 Catches was a member of a conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs in Rapid City. She traveled with co-conspirators to their source of supply in Colorado, where they obtained a variety of illegal drugs meant to be brought back and sold in South Dakota. In September 2026, officers stopped their vehicle on the return trip and found approximately 7,500 fentanyl pills, two pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, heroin, cocaine, more than $6,000 in cash, and a stolen pistol.
The case, part of Operation Take Back America, was investigated by the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (UNET) and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson prosecuted the case, and Catches was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
来源：美国司法部
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