Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 31-year-old citizen of Poland has been sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says Robert Lukasz Rydlewski of Reno, Nevada, was indicted by a federal grand jury last February and entered his plea in December. He was sentenced last week.

Prosecutors say Rydlewski was a member of a conspiracy formed in about January 2012 to distribute marijuana in South Dakota and elsewhere.

They say that while Rydlewski was living in California, he used cash sent to him by a co-conspirator to purchase marijuana from individuals running a marijuana grow operation in California. He then mailed the marijuana to the co-conspirator at different locations, including South Dakota.

Rydlewski was turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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