Tag: Eagle Butte
Trevin Antonio, Assault with a Weapon, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read Trevin Antonio, a 29-year-old man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in federal prison for assaulting a woman with a weapon in Eagle Butte, within the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, on July 31, 2025. The victim suffered severe lacerations to her face that…
Shane Bruguier, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Shane Bruguier, a 47-year-old man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the aggravated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl. The abuse occurred between January 2015 and November 2015, within the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. Bruguier was found guilty following a three-day…
Jimi Jo Collins, Arson and Murder, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jimi Jo Collins, a 27-year-old woman from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for setting fire to a home, killing two people inside. The incident occurred on March 2, 2025, within the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, after Collins allegedly discovered someone had broken…
Emanual Semon, Non-consensual sex with a juvenile, South Dakota 2024
⏱ 2 min read Emanual Semon, a 24-year-old man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was convicted of engaging in non-consensual sex with a juvenile female at a residence on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in July 2024. The incident occurred on the afternoon of July 3, 2024, when Semon, without the victim’s consent, began sexual…
Joseph Lafferty, Threatening a Federal Official, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 68-year-old Eagle Butte man made good on his bad intentions, but not in the way he hoped. On July 21, 2025, Joseph Lafferty threatened to kill a federal official employed by Indian Health Service in Eagle Butte, within the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. Lafferty’s outburst didn’t go unnoticed. He…
Nathanal Benoist, Violent Crime, South Dakota 2024
⏱ 2 min read On a chilly evening in November 2024, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, store owner watched in horror as a masked gunman shot out the front window and swiped a stash of ammo. Fast forward 14 months, the culprit, 26-year-old Nathanal Benoist, is locked up for 14 months after a federal judge handed…
