Minnesota: White Earth resident gets ten years for drug trafficking

By Erick León

Dominic Ray LaFriniere, 51, was sentenced in St. Paul to ten years in prison for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Minnesota prosecutors announced the sentence on October 22.

White Earth tribal police and other agencies began the investigation in 2022 and resumed it in 2024. The case includes controlled purchases, searches and tracking travel to Minneapolis. The conviction concerns this investigation and does not imply allegations against the tribal community as a whole.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice: White Earth Man Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Possession and Intent to Distribute 900 Grams of Methamphetamine. Statement dated October 22, 2026.

Original Spanish article, published October 25, 2026.

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