Sept. 2025:
A U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Kyle, South Dakota, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on September 19, 2025.
Nathan Tobacco-Clifford, 49, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Tobacco-Clifford was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024 for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. He pleaded guilty on April 23, 2025.
Tobacco-Clifford’s conviction stems from the distribution of methamphetamine on the Pine Ridge Reservation and in Rapid City, South Dakota. During the course of the conspiracy, Tobacco-Clifford and several of his codefendants traveled from the Pine Ridge Reservation to Greeley, Colorado, to obtain methamphetamine from codefendant Misty Hornbeck. On one occasion, the co-conspirators attempted to bring methamphetamine into South Dakota from Colorado, but were arrested in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, en route to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Each of the codefendants sold methamphetamine to support their own drug use. Between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was distributed during this criminal enterprise.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Badlands Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is comprised of agents from the FBI, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Knox prosecuted the case.
Tobacco-Clifford was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
May 2025:
U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced an Allen, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Misty Hornbeck, age 50, was sentenced on May 5, 2025, to 11 years and three months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Hornbeck was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024, and pleaded guilty on February 27, 2025.
Hornbeck’s conviction stemmed from the large-scale distribution of methamphetamine on the Pine Ridge Reservation and in Rapid City, South Dakota. Hornbeck, who resided in Colorado during the conspiracy, supplied methamphetamine to her codefendants through her sources in Colorado. Hornbeck’s codefendants then transported the methamphetamine into South Dakota. Once the methamphetamine was in South Dakota, it would be further distributed by multiple individuals, including Hornbeck’s co-defendants Nathan Tobacco-Clifford, Milo Shot With Arrow, and others. Between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was distributed during the course of this criminal conspiracy.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Badlands Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is comprised of agents from the FBI, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, Martin Police Department, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Knox prosecuted the case.
Hornbeck was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service following sentencing.
April 2025:
A federal judge has sentenced a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
Milo Shot With Arrow, age 51, was sentenced to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Shot With Arrow was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024, and pleaded guilty on November 13, 2024.
Shot With Arrow’s conviction stemmed from the large-scale distribution of methamphetamine in the Pine Ridge Reservation and in Rapid City, South Dakota. Misty Hornbeck and Nathan Tobacco-Clifford were the source of supply for Shot With Arrow and codefendants Malcom Shot With Arrow, Ruben Clifford, and Tasha Rooks. During the course of the conspiracy, Shot With Arrow and several of his codefendants made trips to Colorado to pick up substantial amounts of methamphetamine from Misty Hornbeck and others. Other times Hornbeck would deliver the drugs to Tobacco-Clifford and others in South Dakota. Once the methamphetamine was in South Dakota, it would be further distributed by multiple individuals, including Shot With Arrow. Between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was distributed during the course of this criminal enterprise.
The codefendants’ cases are pending.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Badlands Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is comprised of agents from the FBI, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, Martin Police Department, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Knox prosecuted the case.
Shot With Arrow was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service following sentencing.
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