SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — One of the people charged in what authorities say is one of the biggest busts on record in southwest South Dakota's Fall River County has pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge.
U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson said Autumn Mangione, 22, of Potter, Neb., faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced Jan. 13. She is free on bond.
Prosecutors say Mangione and others distributed marijuana in South Dakota and other states between September 2009 and last April.
Authorities said they seized 10 pounds of marijuana, more than $50,000 in cash and two handguns during a bust of a Hot Springs home in March.
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