South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is pressuring House lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state’s attorney general to release investigative files on his 2020 fatal car crash.
Authorities say a man was arrested for DUI after his vehicle struck a Sioux Falls Police car. It happened about 1:20 a.m. Friday. Police say an officer saw a vehicle driving the wrong way and turned on his lights.
The defense and prosecution have reached a plea agreement based on a factual basis statement that says Little Bald Eagle and the victim met up and drank heavily, had consensual sex, and while drunk caused a serious and painful injury to her. In court Thursday, both sides said Little Bald Eagle helped the woman get dressed, but ultimately got scared and ran away while the woman bled out and died.
Criminal investigators are telling South Dakota lawmakers that they didn’t believe the state’s attorney general when he told them he never saw the body of the man he fatally struck on the night of the 2020 crash
Presiding Circuit Judge Craig Pfeifle says the man racked up over $100,000 in restitution payments, in addition to cumulative criminal penalties of 35 years in jail and a $70,000 fine.
Court documents say a Sioux Falls woman accused of faking her own kidnapping from a local pizza restaurant told detectives she wanted a break from her husband.
Charges range from grand theft, identity theft, felony vandalism, tampering with a video lottery machine, burglary and more. On the day of his arrest alone, Carney committed crimes that resulted in three warrants for his arrest. "This individual has created a lot of work for us, and a lot of headaches for the community."
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg tells state lawmakers that he has been unable to find funds to hire someone to coordinate tribal, state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate missing Indigenous people.
The Rapid City Police Department says they’ve been receiving phone calls from people who live near the Starbucks off of Saint Patrick Street and Mount Rushmore Road, saying people are parking in and in front of their driveways, blocking them from leaving their homes.
Police say Challender, who had six out-standing warrants, tried to flee the scene. While trying to do so, Challender ran over the officer who was still in the window when he took off.
They say a huge part of the problem is the addiction and repeat offenders of those who abuse methamphetamine, making up 70-percent of arrests in 2019. In response to the increase in drugs flooding the area, the Rapid City Fire Department set up a mock car accident where a drug dealer fled the scene, leaving behind dangerous chemicals.
South Dakota Speaker of the House Spencer Gosch (R-Glenham) has tabbed Sara Frankenstein of Rapid City to provide special counsel to the House’s “Special Committee on Impeachment.”
A 22-year-old woman from Kyle has been arrested and charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault following a shooting early Monday morning in Rapid City.
There is no evidence to support that the two shootings are related, nor is there any reason to believe that a threat to public safety exists at this time. However, drugs and drug items were located at both residences.
Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.
Lily Mendoza, the founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, said that the pain of this trauma is still felt because it still happens at an alarming rate.
The release of the documents follows a decision by the South Dakota Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the Argus Leader and ProPublica in October. The two media organizations requested records related to a criminal investigation into Sanford.
