Chicago man found guilty of multiple sex trafficking charges in South Dakota
Carl Campbell was found guilty in federal court Monday on multiple counts of sex trafficking, including selling children for sex. Campbell assaulted one victim repeatedly over the course of about eight...
View ArticleSouth Dakota man sentenced to 188 months for child pornography
Shawn E. Stevens, 26, of Corsica, S.D., was sentenced March 4 to 188 months in federal prison and five years supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
View ArticleICE arrests Salvadoran murder suspect, gang associate in South Dakota
Moises De Jesus Ruiz-Mejia, 25, was arrested Wednesday evening outside his residence after ICE was recently alerted the Salvadoran government had issued an international arrest warrant naming him as...
View ArticleSouth Dakota man indicted on child pornography charges resulting from HSI...
Nathan David Hankins, 28, was indicted Dec. 17, 2019. Due to delays caused by the pandemic he finally appeared in federal court Oct. 1 to respond to the charge and plead not guilty.
View ArticleJoint state, local and HSI investigation results in child pornography...
William Jacob Stone, 72, appeared in federal court on Oct. 22 and pleaded not guilty.
View ArticleJoint federal, state, local and HSI investigation results in 5-year prison...
Upon his release from prison, Nikolas John Larson, 41, will also serve five years of supervised release.
View ArticleJoint law enforcement sex trafficking operation leads to federal prison...
Brennan John Hauk, 42, was arrested and federally indicted as a result of an undercover sex trafficking operation conducted during the 2019 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, targeting online predators.
View ArticleICE HSI predator sting at Sturgis rally leads to conviction of South Dakota...
Christopher Truax, 34, of Rapid City, was found guilty by a federal jury, in a trial that culminated Nov. 3, of attempted enticement of a minor using the internet.
View ArticleHSI investigation into drug conspiracy leads to 10 years prison term for...
Ashton Aman, 37, of Sioux Falls, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier to 10 years in federal prison, for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Aman was previously...
View ArticleSouth Dakota felon charged with possession of a firearm following ICE HSI...
Omot Musa Karlo, 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury Nov. 9. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy Nov. 22 to enter his not guilty plea.
View ArticleSouth Dakota man indicted for child pornography following HSI investigation
Jordan Charles Opdahl, 29, was indicted Nov. 9. He pleaded not guilty Nov. 24 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy.
View ArticleICE HSI, partners, investigation leads to conviction of South Dakota child...
Matthew Carter, 31, of Yankton, South Dakota, was found guilty on one count of possession of child pornography by a federal jury in Sioux Falls, Jan. 26.
View ArticleNorth Dakota man sentenced to 134 months for conspiracy, robbery
Jordan Daniel Kraft, 22, of Fargo, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte to 134 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery.
View ArticleICE HSI, South Dakota partners, arrest 5 men in child predator sting operation
The five South Dakota men arrested included the following, each charged under federal law with attempted enticement of a minor using the internet: Kent Mews, 55, Sioux Falls; Zachary Murray, 35,...
View ArticleICE HSI investigation leads to indictment of South Dakota man for child...
Jayden Kusiek Wolf, 22, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, made an initial appearance March 25 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann, where he was publicly indicted on two counts of production of...
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