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Press Releases
2024
11/22/2024 “Give a Phone – Save a Life” Cell Phone Drive Underway
11/14/2024 Box Elder Man sentenced in Home and Car Burglary Case
11/12/2024 Pennington County Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Domestic Violence Assault
10/22/2024 Georgia Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Assaulting Teen while visiting Rapid City
10/21/2024 Man Pleads Guilty to Brutal Murder of Rapid Valley Woman, Avoids Death Penalty
10/18/2024 Rapid City Man Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide, Injuring Police Officer
9/30/2024 Local Woman Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Violent Felony Charges
9/25/2024 Pennington County Jury Convicts Man of Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement Officer
9/19/2024 Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office Launches Justice Podcast
9/18/2024 Timothy Upton Sentenced to 15 Years for Violent Assault on Wife Caught on Camera
9/10/2024 Man receives 45 years in prison for rape of teen
9/10/2024 Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Brutal Attack on Teen
9/9/2024 Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office to Host Day of Remembrance Vigil and Program
8/30/2024 Judge Grants No Bond for Reed Thompson in Multiple Rape and Exploitation Charges
8/27/2024 Rapid City Teen Sentenced to Prison for Violent Assault
8/20/2024 Man Sentenced to Prison for Repeated Child Rape
8/13/2024 Convicted rapist receives 25-year penitentiary sentence
8/12/2024 Seventh Circuit Judge Sentences Repeat Offender to 20 Years in Prison
8/5/2024 Pennington County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Third-Degree Rape
7/25/2024 Pennington County Jury Convicts Jason Fees of Aggravated Assault in Domestic Violence Case
7/16/2024 Man Receives Penitentiary Sentence for Sexually Assaulting Child
7/15/2024 Rapid City Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Home Invasion and Threats
7/12/2024 Man Sentenced for Stabbing Death Near Keystone
7/11/2024 Man Receives Maximum Sentence for Shooting Cousin Five Times
7/9/2024 Rapid City Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Teen
7/8/2024 Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office Announces Formation of Major Crimes Unit
7/3/2024 Local Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexual Contact with 11-Year-Old Child
7/1/2024 Convicted Domestic Abuser Sentenced to 15 Years for Aggravated Assault
6/3/2024 Man Receives Maximum Sentence for killing Rapid City man
5/31/2024 Jurors find Arkansas man not guilty of raping Rapid City teen
5/31/2024 Pennington County Jury hung in Olynn Tilden case
5/29/2024 State’s Attorney’s Office Announces Sentencing In Brutal Domestic Violence Case
5/20/2024 Teen Sentenced for Rapid Valley Drive-By Shooting
5/20/2024 William Thunder Hawk Sentenced to 15 Years for Aggravated Assault and Burglary
5/16/2024 Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Abel Diaz Rape Case
5/13/2024 Local Woman Sentenced for Role in Animal Neglect Case
5/13/2024 Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter in Tragic Shooting Case
5/10/2024 State's Attorney's Office Announces Decision In 2023 Murder Case
5/6/2024 Murderer and rapist James Jumping Eagle receives maximum penitentiary sentence
4/22/24 Judge Condemns Jeremiah Hancotte's "Evil, Unjustified, and Brutal" Actions Before Sentencing
4/12/2024 Pennington County Jury Deliberates Over Allegations of Rape, Sexual Contact
4/2/2024 Local man sentenced to 5 years in penitentiary for robbery and intimidation of homeowner
3/25/2024 Rapid City man receives “merciful” sentence in manslaughter case
3/22/2024 Man sentenced for killing Meshell Will in 2013
3/21/2024 Jury Convicts Man of Brutally Beating Woman
3/18/2024 Bond Set at $250,000 Cash for Derrek Brave Heart, Charged in Connection with Fatal Shooting
3/8/2024 Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Tragic Case of McGovern's Murder
3/4/2024 No bond for man charged with executing Esther Wolfe
2/29/2024 Rapid City Resident Sentenced To Maximum Term For Child Sexual Contact Offenses
2/29/2024 Judge sentences domestic violence perpetrator to maximum prison term
2/28/2024 New Developments in Esther Wolfe Murder Case Prompt State’s Attorney’s Action
2/26/2024 Court Hands Down 75-year Sentence in Fatal Shooting Case
2/22/2024 Pennington County Jury Deadlocked in Firearm Aggravated Assault Case
2/22/2024 Magistrate Judge Orders Detention Without Bond for Alleged Murderer Brent Kertzman
2/14/2024 Pennington County Grand Jury indicts man accused of killing Acey Morrison
2/2/2024 Man receives prison sentence for assault on 88-year-old grandmother
2/1/2024 Seventh Circuit Judge hands down suspended prison time in Jeffrey Kingsbury case
1/30/2024 Elderly Offender Receives Maximum Sentence for Exploitation of a Minor
1/30/2024 Plea Secured in Meshell Will Homicide Case After More Than a Decade
1/16/2024 Bond set for man accused of assaulting Rapid City Police Officer
1/11/2024 Jury Renders Guilty Verdict for Local Man in October 2022 Shooting Case
1/8/2024 Man sentenced for obstructing police in incident that killed 14-year-old
1/5/2024 Man charged with incest receives maximum sentence
1/4/2024 Man receives penitentiary sentence for repeatedly violating no contact order
2023
12/22/2023 Pennington County jury finds man guilty of burglary, assault
12/22/2023 Pennington County jury finds Pennsylvania man not guilty of second degree rape
12/22/2023 Pennington County grand jury indicts teen on first-degree robbery charges
12/19/2023 Local man receives suspended prison sentence and probation for 4th degree rape charge
12/18/2023 Local Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Aggravated Assault
11/20/2023 Perpetrator receives 40 years for brutal killing of Box Elder woman
11/17/2023 Box Elder teen sentenced in stabbing assault
11/17/2023 Man sentenced for throwing hammer at RCPD officer
11/13/23 State’s Attorney’s Office announces agreement in Jordan Hare case
11/1/23 Pennington County Receives $50,000 to Expand Art Program for Justice-Involved Youth
10/30/23 Illinois man sentenced in Pennington County rape case
10/24/23 Women sentenced on child abuse charges
10/19/23 Local man changes plea to guilty, admits throwing hammer in the vicinity of police officer
10/19/23 Probable cause found during preliminary hearing for man charged in vehicular homicide case
10/13/23 Jury find Uhre guilty of simple assault
10/10/23 Two Mitchell men facing charges for failing to report crimes
10/3/23 Man pleads guilty to stealing from businesses
10/3/23 Six teens plead not guilty to rape
9/28/23 Bond set at $100,000 for accused scammer
9/26/23 Rapid City man pleads guilty to assaulting man with brass knuckles
9/21/23 Man sentenced for threatening several people with gun, shooting at individual
9/18/23 Man pleads guilty to assaulting woman with gun cleaning rod
9/12/23 Pennington County man sentenced in child rape conviction