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05 31, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Wyoming Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Against Highway Patrol Trooper

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Saratoga, Wyo., man has pleaded guilty to shooting at a South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper during an incident at the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

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05 30, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Speaks Friday At Basic Law Enforcement Graduation Ceremony

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is the guest speaker at Friday’s graduation ceremony for the 190th session of the state Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course in Pierre.

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05 28, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces One Person Arrested, Charged in Centerville Triple Murder Investigation

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a 64-year-old Centerville man has been charged with three counts of First Degree Murder in connection with the shooting deaths of three people Monday night in Centerville.

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05 24, 2024

Brandon Woman Sentenced On Grand Theft By Exploitation Charge

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brandon woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all of that time is suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Grand Theft By Exploitation.

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05 22, 2024

South Dakota Attorney General Jackley Announces 13 Tribal Officers to Participate in Dedicated Law Enforcement Training

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced 13 tribal law enforcement officers, along with another 11 local and state officers, are scheduled to participate in the state’s first-ever tribal law enforcement specific training session starting June 3 in Pierre.

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05 22, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Prison Inmate Sentenced An Additional 50 Years For Charges Against Corrections Officer

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a South Dakota Penitentiary Inmate was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 50 years in prison after earlier being convicted on three charges including possession of a weapon and making threats against a correctional officer.

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05 21, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Joins Lawsuit Against Biden’s Plan for Development Projects

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a 20-state Attorney Generals’ lawsuit opposing the Biden Administration’s new environmental standards regarding infrastructure projects.

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05 20, 2024

PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SOUTH DAKOTANS Guest Editorial By South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley

South Dakotans, Native and Non-Native, deserve and should demand to be safe in their homes, on their streets, and at their places of work.  As Attorney General, and as a former US Attorney, State’s Attorney, and Tribal Prosecutor, I do not accept “jurisdiction” as an impediment to the ability and responsibility of law enforcement to collectively protect everyone in South Dakota, on and off reservations. 

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05 17, 2024

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and U.S. Attorney Alison Ramsdell Statement On Drug Activity in South Dakota

“The vast majority of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl found in South Dakota originates from our southern border. The cartels are actively engaged in moving these illicit drugs across the southern border which then find their way into our South Dakota communities.

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05 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Marion Man Convicted Of 46 Criminal Charges Against Child

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Marion man was convicted Thursday on 46 criminal charges against a child including First Degree Rape Domestic, Aggravated Incest, and Sexual Contact with a Child Under 16 Domestic.

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05 16, 2024

Final Explanations Released For State Constitutional Amendments Proposed by South Dakota Legislature

Final ballot explanations for two potential constitutional amendments that were adopted by South Dakota legislators have been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

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05 15, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Issues Statement In Observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following statement in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day, which is today (Wednesday), honoring those officers who have died in the line of duty:

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05 15, 2024

Attorney General Jackley, Clay County, Yankton County Authorities Announce Indictment and Arrest in Fentanyl Overdose Death

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and authorities in Clay and Yankton counties have announced that a 18-year-old Yankton man has been indicted in the fentanyl overdose death of a 15-year-old female from rural Clay County.

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05 15, 2024

Eleven State Prison Inmates Plead Not Guilty To Charges Stemming From Prison Disturbances

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that 11 state prison inmates have all pleaded not guilty to a combined 18 felony charges stemming from the March 27-28 disturbances at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

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05 14, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces No Evidence Of Criminal Wrongdoing In Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Telephone Calls

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing including by volunteers calling signatories of the Abortion Rights ballot petitions.

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05 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces South Dakota Settlement With Wireless Companies

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that South Dakota is part of a $10.25 million national settlement with three major wireless companies regarding deceptive and misleading advertising practices.

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05 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Texas Woman Sentenced to Prison for 2023 Stabbing Death

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a San Antonio, Texas woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to charges in a 2023 stabbing death in Vermillion.

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05 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Confirms Homicide Investigation in Huron

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Huron Police Department are investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday in Huron.

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05 08, 2024

Attorney General Jackey Warns Citizens To Remain Vigilant Against Telephone and Computer Scams

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning South Dakotans again to be watchful for various scams after a Sioux Falls woman lost a reported $58,000 in a computer scam.

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05 08, 2024

Aberdeen Man Sentenced to 115 Years in Prison For Sexual Contact, Child Pornography Charges

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that an Aberdeen man has been sentenced to a combined 115 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Sexual Contact with a Child under the Age of Sixteen and 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

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05 07, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Encourages Public To Remember Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages the public to remember the state’s fallen law enforcement officers as the annual South Dakota Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony is held Wednesday in Pierre.

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05 07, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Encourages Continued Vigilance During National Fentanyl Awareness Day

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is urging South Dakotans to remain vigilant about the dangers of fentanyl use.

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05 03, 2024

South Dakota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Program Hosts Awareness/Training Event Monday in Rapid City

South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) program is hosting its first-ever awareness and training event Monday in Rapid City.

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05 03, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Congratulates Roberts County State’s Attorney for Prosecutor of the Year Award

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates Roberts County State’s Attorney Dylan D. Kirchmeier for being named as the Prosecutor of the Year by the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association.

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05 02, 2024

Attorney General Jackley, DCI Rule Sioux Falls Police Shooting Justified

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that Sioux Falls Police Officers were justified in shooting a man who was armed with two knives during an incident April 4, 2024 in Sioux Falls.                  

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