An Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been sentenced to 27 years in custody for a heinous crime. Chad Two Hearts, age 40, was convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
On December 17, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange handed down the sentence. Two Hearts was also ordered to serve 5 years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
The defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 13, 2013, for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child. A two-day jury trial in August 2013 resulted in his conviction.
At trial, the victim testified that Two Hearts had sexually assaulted him at least two times in Two Hearts’ mother’s home in Eagle Butte when he was 9 or 10 years old. The victim also claimed that Two Hearts sexually abused him in Minnesota.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and members of the sexual assault task force testified that Two Hearts made a taped confession admitting the sexual assault of the victim in Minnesota. Two sexual assault experts also took the stand, explaining that it is not unusual for children to delay reporting sexual abuse or to keep it a secret, sometimes for years.
At his sentencing, the district court took notice of Two Hearts’ prior State of South Dakota conviction in Hughes County for Attempted Second Degree Rape in 1995. This assault involved a 17-year-old minor.
The federal case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Division, and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mikal Hanson prosecuted the case. Two Hearts was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service to begin serving his sentence.
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Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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