RAPID CITY, S.D. — Fewer calls and arrests but an increase in crime in Rapid City over the year 2020. The Rapid City Police releasing its annual crime stats. RCPD responded to more…
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plotting to blow up the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and attack U.S. soldiers in the…
WASHINGTON — The FBI is seeking help to identify seven men suspected of assaulting a D.C. police officer during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Officer Mike Fanone said…
PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety is reporting that a federal arrest warrant has been served to Sequoyah West Sr of Manderson. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow of the rioters who converged on Washington.…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Three people are in custody facing burglary charges after the Rapid City Police Department observed an elevated number of burglaries affecting a northern Rapid City neighborhood. In response, the RCPD set up a burglary task force…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they are cutting into an opioid pipeline that for the past five years has been moving oxycodone pills from Detroit to three American Indian reservations in North Dakota. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley of…
NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian hacker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting involvement in one of the biggest thefts of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution. Andrei Tyurin was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police responded to a call in the 400 block of East Madison Street early Wednesday morning for reports of shots fired in the area. A shell casing was found, along with two bullet holes in…
(UPDATE: 1/6/21 @ 12:14 p.m.): It is believed four juvenile individuals were involved in the shooting, but ages of the individuals cannot be disclosed at this time. No arrests have been made at this time, so no charges are pending.…
KEYSTONE, S.D. (AP) — An Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to climbing Mount Rushmore, a federal violation. Twenty-year-old Molly Venderley entered the plea at a hearing in federal court in Rapid City, South Dakota Monday. Two other misdemeanor charges were…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department is asking citizens to avoid the area around the 100 block of East Knollwood at this time while they search for suspects involved in a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security agencies are confirming in a rare joint statement that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that China might be to blame.…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On Monday, 52-year-old Rodrick Dow Craythorn of Syracuse, Utah, entered a guilty plea to charges of excavating or trafficking in archeological resources and injury or depredation to U.S. property. Craythorn was indicted by a federal grand jury…
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — From September 2020 to January 2021, the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety has arrested nine individuals in a drug bust. The cases are being investigated by the Badlands Safe Trails Task Force which…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A pursuit involving a stolen vehicle ended Monday morning after the driver hit a building in the area of W. Main Street and Ninth Street. According to South Dakota…
CUSTER, S.D. — Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, a Custer County Sheriff's Deputy responded to a 911 call within the city of Custer from a female who disconnected the call before any information could be obtained. According to Custer…
(UPDATE: 1/4/21 @ 4:45 P.M.): Both suspects responsible for the January 3rd string of robberies have been identified and taken into custody. 28-year-old Jay Chase Alone was identified as the gun-wielding suspect in all three robberies. 19-year-old Phillip Jumping Eagle was identified…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department is investigating three separate robberies that took place in the evening of January 3. For the first robbery, police were dispatched…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — At around 1:40 a.m. on January 2, police observed a gold Chevrolet Malibu travelling westbound on Disk Drive. The police officer recognized the vehicle as one that had recently been reported stolen, and the officer attempted…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department has placed 21-year-old Elias Richard under arrest for second degree murder in relation to the Christmas Eve shooting that took place in the 1000 block…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the case against the four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of…
SHALLOTTE, N.C. -- Visit just about any antique shop or thrift store and military items are a dime-a-dozen, but one summer shopper left the fancy flea antique mall in shallotte with a whole lot…
SPEARFISH, S.D. — In a press conference Thursday morning, the Spearfish Police Department defended the actions of an officer accused by a local Spearfish mother of abusing his power. Officer Hunter Bradley was accused…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — After a string of suspicious fires in Rapid City earlier this month, the Fire Department is investigating another fire they believe could be related. Just before four in the…
(UPDATE 12/31/20 2:55 P.M.): Police in Wisconsin say they've arrested fired hospital employee suspected of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately…
RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The Rapid City Fire Department is investigating an early morning structure fire they say could be related to a series of suspicious fires in early December. Shortly after 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning, the RCFD was…
RAPID CITY, S.D. -- A Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for carjacking, use and brandishing of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, and possession of a stolen firearm. Curtis…
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Authorities have identified a Rapid City man as the victim in a December 24th fatal shooting. 31-year-old Vernall Marshall was shot and killed last Thursday night in the 1000 block of Silverleaf Avenue in Rapid City.…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Johnathan Adkins, 21, was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in federal prison for a robbery that occurred in January of 2020. Adkins, along with two other individuals, robbed the Quality Inn and Big D in Rapid City…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused of exploding a bomb in Nashville on Christmas told a neighbor days earlier that “Nashville and the world…
(UPDATE: 12/27/20 8:30 P.M.): The Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old James Turgeon, the driver of a box truck that was heard playing audio at a convenience store outside of Nashville, has been detained and charged with felony…
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man has been arrested after a Christmas morning crime spree that gave new meaning to the term doorbuster. Police say it happened shortly before 2 a.m. Friday when Justin Shuffle stole a…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Around 4:00 a.m. on Christmas morning, The Rapid City Police Department responded to the scene of an officer-involved shooting that occurred after the officer conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of East Jackson and Milwaukee…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Around 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve, the Rapid City Police Department responded to a shooting, which left one person dead in the 1000 block of Silver Leaf Avenue. Photos of the scene are below:
UPDATE: (2:14 p.m.) — In the first incident, the homicide victim is a 31-year-old male. His name has not yet been released. In the second incident, the individual who pointed a shotgun at…
RAPID CITY, S.D. – One suspect is in custody following an attempted convenience store robbery early Monday morning. At around 4:35 a.m. , police were dispatched to the Loaf 'N Jug on the 1600 block of Mount Rushmore Road for…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine will also be an opportunity for some to try and take advantage. Officials are already ramping up…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Suspects of a stolen vehicle lost control of their vehicle, before it flipped upside down Thursday night in the area near the Executive Golf Course in Rapid City. According to Rapid…
RAPID CITY, S.D. - A Kyle man was sentenced last week to serve 20 years behind bars for shooting another man to death in Kyle in the summer of 2018. Palani Bull Bear, 22…
KYLE, S.D. - Two men were arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of a Kyle man. Antoine Joey Makes Good, 34, was taken into custody on Tuesday in Kyle. Vinnie Makes Good, 32, was arrested Thursday…
UPDATE (8:50 p.m.) — According to @RapidCityPD, "The theft suspect and the suspect vehicle have been located. The incident remains under investigation." RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department is currently searching for suspects in a shooting…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The two men behind the accidental shooting of a Box Elder teen were sentenced to 75 years in the state penitentiary Wednesday afternoon in Pennington County court. Andre Martinez and…
PIERRE, S.D. — Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced on Wednesday that the State of South Dakota has joined a coalition of 10 states in a lawsuit against Google for multiple violations of state and federal Antitrust Laws, including anticompetitive conduct,…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Several community organizations have partnered together to offer a $3,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for a string of fires in…
(UPDATE: 12/15/20 @ 10:40 P.M.): Hot Springs Chief of Police Mike Close has confirmed that shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, they received a call from a clerk at the Corner Pantry in Hot Springs. Lien reportedly attempted to steal…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — 22 year old Monterion Winfrey of Rapid City is in custody after a police chase ended with a successful pit maneuver on East North Street Monday night. The vehicle, a white Chrysler 300, was reported stolen…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two suspects are in custody and an abducted child is safe after Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) found them in a broken-down vehicle near Rock Springs, Wyoming. On Friday, December 11, 2020, around 10:14 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — On December 14 around 5:50 a.m., police responded to a business on West Omaha Street for a report of a robbery. Police made contact with an employee who told police…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two West River residents have been sentenced to federal prison time for methamphetamine-related charges. Daniel Gray Eagle, age 39, was sentenced on December 14 to 188 months for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and two counts Possession…
