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05 29, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces DCI Leading Investigation Into Multiple Inmate Assaults at State Penitentiary

.South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating reports of multiple assaults involving inmates Tuesday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

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05 27, 2025

Attorney General Jackley, DCI Rule Fall River County Officer Involved Shooting Justified

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review has determined that an Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety Officer (OST) was justified in their use of force in an incident that occurred May 2, 2025, in Fall River County.

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05 23, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Specifics For ICE 287(g) Partnership

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the state Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is entering into a partnership with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department (ICE) to enforce federal immigration law on violent criminals and illegal drug dealers in South Dakota.

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05 23, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Urges Caution When Doing Business with Transient Vendors

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley urges consumers to be cautious when doing business with transient vendors.

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05 22, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Appointments to New Position of DCI Special Agents in Charge

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that two long-time Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Supervisory Special Agents, Mike Hockett and Dane Rasmussen, have been appointed to the new position of Special Agents in Charge (SAC).

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05 22, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Co-leads AG Effort in Urging Congress to Support Youth Substance Prevention Bill

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is a co-leader of a bipartisan coalition of 38 Attorneys General who are urging Congress to pass the Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act.

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05 21, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces DCI To Obtain Authorization to Help ICE with Immigration, Criminal Efforts in SD

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has authorized the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to obtain 287(g) program authority to help federal authorities enforce federal immigration laws in South Dakota with an emphasis on violent criminals and drug dealers.

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05 21, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Authorizes DCI to Obtain 287(g) Status During Visit to Southern Border

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 11 other Attorneys General Wednesday received a first-hand look at the southern border in Arizona, and Attorney General Jackley pledged his office’s help in dealing with those issues.

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05 20, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Warns Consumers About Sales Tactics Used by Some Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Companies

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns consumers that some over-the-counter hearing aid companies are using misleading sales tactics when reaching out to the public.

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05 16, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Warns Consumers Again Of Toll Road Text Message Scam

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns consumers that a familiar text message scam, where people are ordered to pay a tax for traveling on South Dakota’s roads and bridges, has been reported again in the state.

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05 16, 2025

Attorney General Jackley, AGs Oppose Budget Amendment Prohibiting States from Enforcing Artificial Intelligence Regulations

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 39 other Attorneys General announce they oppose a proposed Congressional budget amendment that would impose a 10-year prohibition on states from enforcing any state law or regulation addressing artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making systems.

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05 14, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Former State Government Employee Sentenced in Department of Revenue Fraud Case

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Revenue employee has been sentenced on a misdemeanor count of Misprison of a Felony.

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05 14, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Plankinton Man Sentenced To Prison on First Degree Rape of a Minor

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Plankinton man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of First Degree Rape involving a minor.

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05 12, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Sturgis Man Pleads Guilty But Mentally Ill to Charges Against Law Enforcement

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Sturgis man pleaded guilty but Mentally Ill to Attempted Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer and Discharge of a Firearm at an Occupied Structure stemming from a 2024 incident at the Meade County Law Enforcement Center.

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05 08, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Statement on Arrest of Suspect Cody Dittman

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued this statement on the arrest of Cody Dittman who was wanted in both South Dakota and Nebraska on various charges:

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05 08, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces New Evidence Leads to Prosecutor’s Dismissal of Charges Against Yankton Man

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the discovery of new forensic evidence has led to the prosecutor’s dismissal of charges against Theodore Kranig, Jr., 19, in the 2024 stabbing death of a Yankton man.

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05 07, 2025

Status Hearing Thursday in Hoek Murder Trial

A status hearing is Thursday, May 8, in the case of Joseph Hoek who is charged in the 2024 death of Moody County Chief Deputy Ken Prorok.

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05 06, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Encourages Public To Remember Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Wednesday

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 02, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Woman Indicted on Charges to Defraud Medicaid Program

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre woman has been indicted on six felony counts of defrauding the South Dakota Medicaid Program of more than $588,000 in federal and state funds.

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05 02, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces MMIP Conference Scheduled for Monday in Rapid City

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Conference is Monday, May 5, 2025 in Rapid City.

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05 02, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Confirms DCI Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Fall River County

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Fall River County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Friday, May 2, 2025.

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05 01, 2025

Attorney General Jackley Announces State Open Meeting Commission Meets Friday, May 2, in Deadwood

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Open Meeting Commission will meet Friday, May 2, in Deadwood.

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