Tag: Rapid City
Alex Badura, Child Pornography, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Alex Badura, a 27-year-old Rapid City man, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. Between November 2024 and September 2025, Badura used artificial intelligence to create explicit images of two 12-year-old children related to him. He then possessed and distributed these images, along with other…
Jackson Moss, Child Pornography, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jackson Moss, a 38-year-old Rapid City, South Dakota, man, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. Between June and December 2024, Moss used the internet-based chat application Kik to search for, download, and view sexually explicit visual depictions of minors under the age of 18. The…
Christopher Calvin Bald Eagle, Failing to Register as Sex Offender, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Calvin Bald Eagle, a 71-year-old from Manderson, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. The crime occurred in Rapid City, where Bald Eagle was required to update his address after being released from custody in…
Kyle Beck, Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, South Dakota 2023
⏱ 2 min read Kyle Beck, a 23-year-old from Rapid City, South Dakota, attempted to sexually exploit a 15-year-old girl by messaging her on Instagram and requesting explicit photos on May 28, 2023. The incident led to a federal investigation involving the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the South Dakota Division of…
Parker Behrns, Child Pornography, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Parker Behrns, a 27-year-old Rapid City man, was sentenced to 8 years and 1 month in federal prison for possessing child pornography. Between September 2022 and July 2024, Behrns used his phone and the internet app Discord to search for and receive explicit images and videos of minors. He even posed…
Curtis Cummings, Drug Trafficking, South Dakota 2022
⏱ 2 min read In Rapid City, South Dakota, a young man was found dead in his vehicle at a gas station in late April 2022. The victim had two aluminum foil pieces with remnants of a partially melted blue-green pill on his center console. An autopsy revealed that the victim died from an overdose.…
John Parrado, Fentanyl Distribution, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read John Parrado, a 38-year-old Arizona man, has been sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in western South Dakota. Parrado pleaded guilty to the crime on January 5, 2026, after being indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2025. He was involved…
Aaron England, Possessing a Firearm as a Felon, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Aaron England, a 30-year-old Rapid City man, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. The incident occurred on July 23, 2024, when law enforcement initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle England was driving in Rapid City, South Dakota. England failed to stop…
Rudolph Bissonette, Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rudolph Bissonette, a 34-year-old Rapid City man, was caught with a pistol and ammunition in his vehicle on October 15, 2025, while driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content of .266%. Bissonette, a felon, is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to prior convictions punishable beyond a year…
Elmer Hopper, Child Enticement, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read Elmer Hopper, a 37-year-old Rapid City man, attempted to entice a minor online during the 2025 Sturgis Bike Rally. He thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl on the dating app Plenty Of Fish, but it was actually an undercover Rapid City Police Detective. Hopper wanted to meet the girl…
