{"version":1,"id":"us/sd","name":"South Dakota, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/sd/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0.4536,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":1,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2022-01-05","reports":[{"id":"tabor-koranda-brownies-sentence-2022","code":"CET-62D3SM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tabor-koranda-brownies-sentence-2022/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/62D3SM/","date":"2022-01-05","added_at":"2026-11-05T11:17:10.960259Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"us/sd","country_name":"South Dakota, United States","place":"Tabor, Bon Homme County, South Dakota","coordinates":[42.9578,-97.6687],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure","prosecution","sentence"],"title":"South Dakota teacher gets 60 days for THC brownies served to seniors","summary":"Michael James Koranda, 46, of Tabor, was arrested on 5 January 2022 after his mother unknowingly served his THC-butter brownies at a senior card game, and sentenced on 15 March 2022 to 60 days in the Bon Homme County jail, two years of probation and $1,116.50 in fine and costs. He pleaded guilty to a felony possession charge after resigning as the district's vocal music teacher.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":0.4536,"prison":"60 days in the county jail, suspended imposition of sentence, two years of probation","fine":{"amount":1116.5,"currency":"USD"},"deaths":0},"details":{"agency_types":["court"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.4536}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison","fine","probation"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[2,1,3],"details.case_stage":[2,3],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[2,3,1],"details.setting":[2,3],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.prison":[3]},"tags":["south-dakota","edibles","bon-homme-county","teacher"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No count of how many seniors ate the brownies or sought medical attention was published.","The THC content and potency of the butter and brownies were not measured in the opened reports, so the pound of butter is counted as cannabis product weight rather than THC.","AP reports more than $3,400 in court costs and restitution combined, while the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan itemises $1,116.50 in fine and court costs plus $2,312.82 restitution; the report uses the itemised amounts.","The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan and AP pages could only be read through Wayback captures because their live pages returned access errors.","No reporting was found on whether Koranda served the jail periods or had them waived, or whether the surviving half pound of THC butter was ever weighed beyond the affidavit.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan: He resigned his position as the district's K-12 vocal music teacher because of the case.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in AP News: Gering said she accepted that he had not meant the brownies to reach the card game, but that transporting THC-laced butter from Colorado had harmed unsuspecting victims."],"sources":[{"title":"South Dakota man arrested after his mom accidentally serves pot brownies to seniors","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-dakota-man-arrested-mom-accidentally-serves-pot-brownies-senior-rcna12149","publisher":"NBC News","date":"2022-01-13","archived":null},{"title":"Batch of pot brownies make their way to card game between senior citizens; Tabor man arrested and charged for mishap","url":"https://www.ktiv.com/2022/01/11/batch-pot-brownies-make-their-way-card-game-between-senior-citizens-tabor-man-arrested-charged-mishap/","publisher":"KTIV","date":"2022-01-11","archived":null},{"title":"Man Sentenced In THC Incident","url":"https://www.yankton.net/community/article_12a97d06-a4d8-11ec-a4c7-d733d52338bf.html","publisher":"Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan","date":"2022-03-15","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220421045059id_/https://www.yankton.net/community/article_12a97d06-a4d8-11ec-a4c7-d733d52338bf.html"}]},{"id":"flandreau-hagen-acquittal-2017","code":"CET-EY3TYT","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/flandreau-hagen-acquittal-2017/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EY3TYT/","date":"2017-05-24","added_at":"2026-11-04T17:27:23.312Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:35.000Z","country":"us/sd","country_name":"South Dakota, United States","place":"Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota","coordinates":[44.0494,-96.5953],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"South Dakota jury acquits tribal cannabis consultant Eric Hagen","summary":"A Moody County jury acquitted cannabis consultant Eric Hagen of all three felony charges on 24 May 2017 over the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe's abandoned marijuana resort project. Prosecutors had cast the non-tribal consultant as the mastermind of an illegal grow; the jury deliberated about two hours.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":2},"details":{"agency_types":["prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"]},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[1,2],"details.setting":[1]},"tags":["tribal-cannabis","acquittal","sovereignty-dispute"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The opened sources do not report the sentence received by Hagen's business partner Jonathan Hunt, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy.","The opened sources do not say whether Hagen was ever arrested or appeared under bail conditions before the trial."],"sources":[{"title":"South Dakota Jury Acquits Tribal Cannabis Consultant of All Charges","url":"https://reason.com/2017/05/25/south-dakota-jury-acquits-tribal-cannabi/","publisher":"Reason","date":"2017-05-25","archived":null},{"title":"Santee Sioux Trial Verdict: Cannabis Consultant 'Not Guilty' on All Charges","url":"https://www.leafly.ca/news/industry/santee-sioux-trial-verdict-cannabis-consultant-not-guilty-charges","publisher":"Leafly","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}