RAPID CITY, S.D. – A District Circuit Court Judge has sentenced a Box Elder woman and a Rapid City woman after being convicted of drug charges.
Veronica Ortega, 48, and 53-year-old Paige Sierra were recently convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Ortega was given 24 years and four months in federal prison while Sierra received 11 years and 9 months in federal prison.
The pair were indicted in February of 2024 by a federal grand jury. They pled guilty in April of this year.
Prosecutors say the two women were part of a conspiracy with several others to distribute methamphetamine in the Rapid City and Pine Ridge area.
