Tag: South Dakota
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…
Bradley Two Eagle, Ammunition Possession, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read On October 17, 2025, the Rapid City Police Department responded to a report of gunshots, leading to the arrest of Bradley Two Eagle, a 27-year-old Rapid City man. Two Eagle, a previously convicted felon, was found with ammunition and a methamphetamine syringe, sparking a federal investigation. He was indicted in November…
Joey Kills Plenty, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read A federal jury in Pierre, South Dakota, has acquitted Joey Kills Plenty, 26, of Parmelee, of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. The charges stemmed from an alleged assault with a…
Edwin Giovanni Salinas, Fentanyl Trafficking, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Edwin Giovanni Salinas, a 47-year-old El Salvador man, was caught with approximately 16 pounds of fentanyl, including three pounds of pure China and Mexican cartel-sourced fentanyl powder and nearly 50,000 fentanyl pills, in a speeding car near the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The incident occurred at 4 am,…
Wells Fargo Bank, Reporting Failures, South Dakota 2016
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) settled charges against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on September 27, 2016, for failing to accurately report large trader information as required by law. The bank, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was found to have violated Section 4s(f)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act and related…
Jacob Wright, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brutal beating with a metal bar at a South Dakota residence left a victim with a skull fracture and subdural hematoma. Jacob Wright, 31, of Mission, SD, is now headed to prison for the assaults that required emergency surgery. The crime went down on April 23, 2025, when Wright and…
Robert Eagle, Threatening a Federal Official, South Dakota 2023
⏱ 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…
Duane Rouillard III, Assault, South Dakota 2022
⏱ 3 min read A vicious punch to the face in a South Dakota prison cell in December 2022 landed a 37-year-old man from Mission behind bars for three years. Duane Rouillard, III, was in custody at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Adult Correctional Facility in Todd County when he assaulted a corrections officer on the…
Duane Rouillard, Assaulting a Federal Officer, South Dakota 2026
Piercing evidence has emerged in a shocking case of brutality against a federal officer. A 37-year-old Mission man has been found guilty of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. The crime took place on December 29, 2022, at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Adult Correctional Facility in Todd County, South Dakota. According to officials, Duane…
Jacob Wright, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, South Dakota 2026
Prominent Mission Man Lands in Federal Prison for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury A Mission man, Jacob Wright, 31, has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for his role in a violent assault that left a victim with serious injuries. Wright’s sentencing, which took place on April 21, 2026,…
