GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) _ A North Dakota high school student is
set to be sentenced for his role in a synthetic drug ring that
resulted in a handful of apparent overdoses and two deaths.
Eighteen-year-old Wesley Sweeney, of Manvel, pleaded guilty in
August to a charge of conspiracy to distribute drugs that resulted
in death.
Sweeney is one of several people charged in the case that spans
local, state and federal jurisdictions.
Eighteen-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and
17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minn., died within a week
of each other in June after ingesting the hallucinogens. A handful
of other people required medical treatment.
Sweeney is scheduled to be sentenced Monday at 2:15 p.m. at the
federal courthouse in Fargo. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence
of 20 years in prison.
