Crime

A woman is accused of causing major injuries to a two and a half year old child and the Pennington County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in finding her.

More than two dozen stolen guns were allegedly found in a Rapid City hotel room around early January of this year. A Rapid City man and woman are facing federal charges and awaiting trial in relation to those stolen firearms and possession of Methamphetamine.

Rapid City Police are investigating a second homicide in less than 24 hours. They are the first 2 homicides of 2019. Wednesday afternoon a young man was found dead in the 300 block of East Adams Street.

Rapid City Police say they are investigating a shooting believed to have happened in an alleyway behind the 700 block of Blaine Avenue. Police say there is one victim and that he has serious life threatening injuries.

A stabbing occurred around 4 p.m. in north Rapid City. The man suffering from the chest wounds was taken to the hospital.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is looking for an inmate they say failed to return to the Rapid City Community Work Center from a funeral furlough on Saturday.

There is a new wrinkle in a Rapid City kidnapping and assault case. A witness testifies that the victim was willing to drop charges for a price.

Will LeClaire was arrested on assault and domestic violence charges in January, and today a bond of $25,000 was set.

The DOC says 24-year old Cody Larson left his community service job in Rapid City without authorization overnight Sunday.

20 to 30 guns are stolen from the Rooster sporting goods store in Rapid City, after suspects broke into the store, during a burglary, early Wednesday morning. That's according to a news release from the ATF.

The DOC says 34-year old Matthew Shaw failed to report to his work release job in Rapid City on Sunday.

A Rapid City man convicted of a string of robberies last summer was back in Seventh Circuit Court Tuesday morning for sentencing on a different charge.

25-year old Elizabeth Ann LeBeau of Porcupine is set to spend the next 25 years of her life in federal prison for the 2016 murder of Emily Bluebird in Pine Ridge.

A federal jury deliberated less than an hour Friday before returning a guilty verdict for 24-year old Zachariah Michael Poor Bear on charges of first degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury of a minor.

The high court has reversed a Pennington County ruling that denied Gene Kaline's attempt to suppress evidence, specifically three bags of methamphetamine that was found in his pockets in Rapid City in September 2016.

The murder trial of Zachariah Michael Poor Bear continued Thursday in federal court in Rapid City. Poor Bear is accused of killing 19-month old Aaliyah Horse in May of 2105 in Pine Ridge.

A Rapid City woman is facing up to life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance Friday morning in federal court in Rapid City.

Adam Peters of Belle Fourche pleaded guilty to robbing the Phillips 66 Speedy Mart in Spearfish at gunpoint in November of last year.

Robert Wayne Old Horse pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to making a false statement involving the IHS medical facility in Kyle.

The former head of the Indian Health Service Hospital in Pine Ridge was given a probationary sentence Friday in federal court in Rapid City. Wehnona Stabler pleaded guilty back in March to making a false statement.

A Rapid City woman is facing up to life in prison after pleading guilty to a drug charge Monday morning in federal court. Linda Pastian pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

The legal battle over gold exploration near Rochford continues. The two sides laid out their cases Tuesday morning in Seventh Circuit Court.

It started at about 9:00 Friday night and ended after one Saturday morning. The Rapid City-Pennington County Special Response Team was involved in a standoff at a home on Gnugnuska Drive in Rapid City.

Tyler Makes Him First is accused in the deaths of three people, one of whom was pregnant.

The man who admitted to killing a woman on the Pine Ridge Reservation in September of 2016 faced a federal judge for sentencing Tuesday.

A Turkish man caught in a Sturgis Rally sex trafficking investigation was sentenced in federal court Friday morning. 26-year old Abdurrahman Keskin earlier pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography.

Another Rapid City pawn shop has entered a guilty plea as part of Project Dakota Flyer, an undercover investigation into the trafficking of eagle parts along with other protected birds.

Fair Deal Pawn in Rapid City was one of more than 30 defendants charged after the two-year undercover operation.

A Rapid City man is heading to federal prison for 20 years after earlier pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor using the internet.

There's a change at the top in the Minneapolis Division of the FBI. Jill Sanborn was appointed as the new special agent in charge by FBI director Christopher Wray back in February and took over the job last month.