South Dakota Teen FacingPrison after Ordering 20,000 Fentanyl Pills Form the Dark Web

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/10/25/south-dakota-teen-facingprison-ordering-20000-fentanyl-pills-form-dark-web/

Posted by: Kofi Anash October 25, 2017 in Featured, News Updates 1 Comment

Trevor Harden, a 19-year-old who was arrested by law enforcement after shipping 20,000 fentanyl pills in the mail to himself now faces a 20-year jail term alongside a $1,000,000 fine.

The teen from Chamberlain in a federal court last week, pleaded guilty to knowingly and intentionally attempting to possess and distribute fentanyl, a deadly counterfeit opioid which has broken into the drug scene recently.

Trevor Harden's arrest came on the 10th of October after a search warrant was provided to local law enforcement of which they found 20,000 fentanyl pills valued at about $500,000 afterward.

According to Marty Jackley, the Attorney General, Trevor Harden was arrested on Tuesday after a search warrant was issued.

The teenager now faces a lengthy sentence of up to 20 years in prison for the class 4 felony, with a minimum of three years of parole altogether with a one million dollar fine. A co-conspirator identified as Tyler Woodraska, of Oacoma, pleaded not guilty on the 23rd of August and is now awaiting a jury trial.

The public information officer for the Attorney General's Office, Sara Rabern, stated that she believed the seizure was the biggest so far regarding fentanyl confiscation in South Dakota.

"When I saw that number, I actually at first thought it might be a typo," Rabern stated.

She then made reference to a fentanyl case which happened just recently involving a 20-year-old Jacob Hubbs of Mitchell who was arrested after law enforcement allegedly found 1,000 pills at his home near Dry Run Creek Park.

"That was 1,000 pills, and this is substantially more," Rabern said.

"At the time, we thought 1,000 seemed like a lot," she added.

When asked as to why a search warrant was issued for the home, which she believed to be Harden's address, Raben declined to answer or give any comment on that.

An officer who was hospitalized after his involvement in the seizure for exposure to fentanyl was not showing any symptoms of an overdose but was rather hospitalized as a precaution.

Rabern also refused to comment on as to how the officer came into contact with the substance but did say that he had been released from the hospital.

Documents provided in court showed that, in the early parts of June 13, a package was intercepted and searched by law enforcement at the Chamberlain post Office.

The package contained the fentanyl pills and was sealed in vacuum packages which were addressed to Trevor Harden. The fentanyl pills were then seized with the package rewrapped by law enforcement. The package was afterward returned to the Chamberlain post office by law enforcement.

Further court documents showed that at exactly 10:20 am on the same June 13, Tyler Woodraska arrived at the Post Office in Chamberlain asking of the package. It was then given to him by an employee of the post office. As Woodraska was leaving the post office, law enforcement swooped in on him and was taken into custody. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Also, at approximately three blocks north of the Chamberlain Post Office, Harden was spotted by law enforcement sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle. He was also taken into custody before being arrested and charged with possession and the intent to distribute fentanyl.

During the hearing, Harden said to the courtroom that he had a deal with another person to distribute a mixture or substance which contained fentanyl in South Dakota and other places from October 2016 to the 19th of July 2017. He also stated to the court that he ordered the fentanyl via the dark web. and arranged for it to be shipped to Chamberlain.

This bust came through a collaboration of local, federal and state officials which is made up of the FBI's Safe Trails Drug Task Force, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and the Chamberlain Police Department.

"I think they would all say it's a joint effort," Rabern was quoted.

"The locals, especially those smaller agencies, have a lot of work on their plate, and I'm sure if you ask them, they appreciate having the state and fed guys coming to help as well, and vice versa."

Harden's sentencing is on the 3rd of January in Sioux Falls.


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[110 Points] None:

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[31 Points] JaysouneHorn:

An officer who was hospitalized after his involvement in the seizure for exposure to fentanyl was not showing any symptoms of an overdose but was rather hospitalized as a precaution.

No overdose cuz his tolerance is fucking high.


[24 Points] EatSheets:

THIS KID IS 100% A FALL GUY AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY! Time for some Police work, boys!

TREVOR HARDEN

Trevor Harden, a 19-year-old who was arrested by law enforcement after shipping 20,000 fentanyl pills in the mail to himself now faces a 20-year jail term alongside a $1,000,000 fine.

here we'll take a short break and look at this kids Facebook profile.

(Fall guy material)

The teen from Chamberlain in a federal court last week, pleaded guilty to knowingly and intentionally attempting to possess and distribute fentanyl.

The teenager now faces a lengthy sentence of up to 20 years in prison for the class 4 felony, with a minimum of three years of parole altogether with a one million dollar fine.

A co-conspirator identified as TYLER WOODRASKA, of Oacoma, pleaded not guilty on the 23rd of August and is now awaiting a jury trial.

*Now we take a quick moment to look at the co-conspirator TYLER WOODRASKA's Facebook profile- whom keep in mind is mutual friends with the accused" Trevor Harden"

She then made reference to a fentanyl case which happened just recently involving a 20-year-old Jacob Hubbs of Mitchell who was arrested after law enforcement allegedly found 1,000 pills at his home near Dry Run Creek Park.

The package contained the fentanyl pills and was sealed in vacuum packages which were addressed to "TREVOR HARDEN".

Interesting..

Further court documents showed that at exactly 10:20 am on the same June 13, "TYLER WOODRASKA" arrived at the Post Office in Chamberlain asking of the package. It was then given to him by an employee of the post office. As Woodraska was leaving the post office, law enforcement swooped in on him and was taken into custody. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

"Tyler Woodraska" was picking up a package of illegal narcotics that was addressed to Trevor Harden?) Strange....

-Unless of course you're using a friend's P.O box to unknowingly ship narcotics to yourself

During the hearing, Harden said to the courtroom that he had a deal with another person to distribute a mixture or substance which contained fentanyl in South Dakota

IN CONCLUSION- I'm assuming either Tyler Woodraska and Jacob Hubbs had "Trevor Harden" open a P.O box for cash or benefits because he's naive, young, dumb and doesn't look into drugs- all so they could shift blame to the most innocent looking individual


[12 Points] Eatup2390:

Damn that nigga only 19 and about to do 20 years wtf. What vendor send him that shit. Must’ve not been wrapped right 🤦‍♂️


[6 Points] LORDOFBUTT:

Uh... this doesn't sound like the usual MO. This is really strange. Was he having it shipped to a PO box?


[5 Points] jjjjkkkkjjjkk:

I don't understand... So he was arrested on the 23rd of June and he was released then his house was raided on october 10th and he got arrested again?


[2 Points] basgin:

Would 20,000 be considered personal supply?


[2 Points] ice_cream4breakfast:

He's fucked


[2 Points] FestHeady:

Opium wars 3


[2 Points] stuffguyman:

Why exactly is fentanyl more dangerous than say heroin?

Only opiates I have taken are vicodin and codeine and im guess those are signigicantly weaker?


[2 Points] Afrochiken:

Goddamn whoever wrote this needs to do some fact checking/proof reading. This entire article is a mess


[2 Points] None:

Hey the more they prosecute fent and leave the rest of us alone the better.


[1 Points] None:

Damn, he was only 19 y.o. if he would of been able to sell all those pills that could would of been set , racks in the safe. Serves him right tho, 20,000 pills at one time?!?! That is fucking horrible OPSEC. I bet if he broke it up into packages of lets say 5k per parcel and sent them to 4 different drops, he would of been golden You live by the sword you die by the sword young bulls.


[1 Points] codyjoe:

Well he was a distributor.....this wasn’t for personal use. I see nothing wrong with locking up distributers of deadly drugs like fentynal. But I think this should apply to big pharma too....they seem to get a pass since their billionaires.


[0 Points] ramboozer:

Good, deserves to be thrown away and repeatedly raped for murdering people everyday. Drugs are one thing but selling this while you know people die from it everyday is the most scumbag thing you can do. You are littlerally handing them death.


[-1 Points] bynarie:

When I USED to abuse fent patches, I loved it. I'd stick them to the inside side of my mouth for a while and I'd feel fantastic. I do agree that it does not have the same euphoria as oxycodone and others, but it is a good opioid to nod out on.