Samuel Francis White Horse, Assault and Tampering with Evidence, South Dakota 2021

A Cherry Creek man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a violent attack that left a man dead.

On February 12, 2020, Samuel Francis White Horse, 33, allegedly punched a man in the head after the man crashed his vehicle into White Horse’s yard while suffering from a medical emergency.

The victim died several days later after suffering from significant bleeding in his brain.

Jerome White Horse, Jr., the defendant’s father, also used a garden hoe to strike the victim in the head multiple times.

White Horse then took control of the weapon and hid it under the front porch of his home to conceal it from law enforcement.

The garden hoe was recovered during the execution of a search warrant a couple of days later and found by the South Dakota Forensic Laboratory to have the victim’s DNA on the blade and Jerome White Horse, Jr.’s DNA on the handle.

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that White Horse was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $125.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook prosecuted the case.

White Horse was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after the sentencing.

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