MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project. 
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
u   Increase awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and distribution;
u Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
u Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.

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Published on January 13
Three Lincoln, Nebraska men who were arrested in December on the Pine Ridge Reservation on drug and weapons charges pled not guilty in court.  The three men were arrested when Oglala Sioux Tribal Police, acting on a citizen’s tip, found Meth, cocaine, weapons and more than 700-rounds of ammo in their vehicle. 
From the Rapid City Journal

Published on January 12
A 29-year old Claremont man was arrested after a routine traffic stop in Britton.  A highway patrolman discovered Meth in the vehicle.  The suspect is charged with possessing and ingesting Meth and possession drug paraphernalia.
From the Britton Journal

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of Meth.  He was arrested in April when, police said, he brought Meth to a drug deal set up at a hotel. As he awaited sentencing on that possession charge, Police searched his home while he was waiting to be sentenced on that charge and found Meth and paraphernalia.  The judge sentenced him to five years for the first arrest, and three years for the second. The sentences will run consecutively.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Published on January 10
A 26-year-old Sioux Falls woman was arrested and charged with drug possession and assaulting her 7-year-old daughter.  An elementary school resource officer discovered the woman was responsible for the assault against the child.  The investigator found a zipped bag with a pipe in the woman’s coat pocket.  The pipe tested positive for Meth residue.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader

 
Published on January 5
A traffic stop on I-29 near Brookings led to the arrest of a 28-year-old Castlewood man after officers discovered a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle.  That led to a search warrant of his residence and its outlying buildings, where investigators found more pot, paraphernalia, trace amounts of Meth and more illicit items.   Charges against the suspect are pending in Hamlin County and may also be filed in Brookings County.
From the Watertown Public Opinion

Two Sioux Falls men have been arrested and charged with possession of Meth and maintaining a residence where drugs are used and sold.  The Department of Criminal Investigations is continuing to look into the case.

From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader

An investigation into the theft of tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods from boats dry-docked at the Lewis and Clark Marina in Yankton led to the discovery of Meth and other drugs.  While three people were arrested in the burglary cases, the expanding investigation found Meth, hashish, pot, and related paraphernalia.  Two other suspects were arrested in relationship to the drugs.
From the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan

Published On January 4

A 19-year-old Watertown man made a bid for freedom while waiting for his jury trial on charges of distributing Meth. His defense attorney asked the court to reduce the man’s $5,000 cash bond down to a personal recognizance bond – where the suspect would be released pending trial.  The State’s Attorney’s office argued against the motion, saying that even though the suspect was not a strong flight risk, the severity of the crime didn’t warrant a reduction.  The judge in the case ordered a compromise: the cash bond was reduced to $1,000.
The young man was arrested in late December 2005, after an investigation lasting nearly three months.  When a warrant was executed at his residence, authorities found several bags of pot, a white powdery substance, drug paraphernalia, a number of cell phones, 200 foilies (small pieces of tinfoil) with traces of what is believed to be Meth residue, cash and many other items.  If convicted on the charges, he faces a mandatory one-year minimum imprisonment sentence. 

From the Watertown Public Opinion

Court News Archive - 2005

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