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South Dakotan sentenced for marijuana

South Dakotan sentenced for marijuana

ROCK RAPIDS—Jesse Ray Scheetz, 37, Sioux Falls, SD, was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 11, in Lyon County District Court in Rock Rapids for possession of controlled substance ­— a marijuana, a serious misdemeanor.

He was ordered to serve 180 days in jail with all but two days suspended and credit for time previously served.Scheetz also was ordered to obtain a substance abuse evaluation and follow treatment/rehabilitation/monitoring program as recommended by said evaluation.

He also must pay $792.75 in court-related costs.

The charge stems from Oct. 21 when a deputy was walking through the parting lot of the Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort near Larchwood and observed Scheetz holding a pipe and small amount of marijuana.
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