Department of Justice

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted by virtue of a guilty plea to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on November 15, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.

Sebastian Hoff, age 29, was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

From May 2017 through August 2017, co-conspirator Dana Faulkner transported and arranged transportation of 15-45 kilograms of methamphetamine to South Dakota from Colorado. Hoff was one of the multiple sub-distributors who dealt Faulkner’s methamphetamine in the Rapid City area.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department
of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.

This case was investigated by the Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (UNET) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. UNET is comprised of law enforcement from the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, the Rapid City Police Department, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, and the South Dakota National Guard. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn N. Rich prosecuted the case. Multiple co-conspirators have already been sentenced and one more remains pending sentencing.

Hoff was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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