Isaac Roubideaux, Discharge and Brandishing of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, South Dakota 2022

A horrific crime has shaken the community of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, as 30-year-old Isaac Roubideaux was sentenced to 442 months in federal prison for a heinous offense that left a man paralyzed from the waist down.

According to the grim details of the case, Roubideaux used a Savage rifle to shoot a male individual in the back as he attempted to leave Roubideaux’s residence at Pine Ridge on November 18, 2021. The victim suffered serious bodily injury and was left paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the assault.

Roubideaux, a convicted felon, was prohibited by law from possessing firearms. However, he possessed a KEL-TEC, .22 caliber handgun on September 26, 2021, and the Savage rifle that was used in the November 18, 2021, shooting.

Furthermore, Roubideaux failed to register as a sex offender on three separate occasions between 2020 and 2021. He was previously convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in 2016 and was required to register as a sex offender.

The conviction stems from Roubideaux’s use of a firearm during a crime of violence, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and failure to register as a sex offender.

Roubideaux was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2021 and found guilty of the charges following a jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 20, 2022. He was sentenced to 442 months in federal prison on August 31, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. This time is to be followed by five years of supervised release.

Roubideaux was also ordered to pay $800 in special assessments to the Federal Crime Victims Fund and $900 in restitution.

The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime. Roubideaux was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

The case was investigated by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety, Oglala Sioux Tribe Criminal Investigations Unit, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Rapid City Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Megan Poppen and Heather Sazama prosecuted the case.

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