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01 30, 2018

Attorney General Jackley Reminds Consumers the Deadline for the Free Equifax Credit Freeze is Tomorrow

Attorney General Marty Jackley is reminding consumers that the Equifax credit freeze deadline is here.

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01 29, 2018

Attorney General Jackley Reminds Consumers of National Tax Identity Theft Week

Attorney General Marty Jackley is asking consumers to mark their calendars for National Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, which will run today through February 2, 2018.

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01 29, 2018

Open Meetings Commission to Convene in Ft. Pierre

The Open Meetings Commission will meet Friday, February 2, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. (CDT) at the Drifter’s Event Center, Ft. Pierre, SD.

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01 25, 2018

Results of Attorney General’s 7th Annual Legislative Shootout Contest

Results of Attorney General’s 7th Annual Legislative Shootout Contest

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01 25, 2018

Attorney General Bill to Strengthen the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry Passes Senate Judiciary

Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms the Attorney General sponsored bill that would improve South Dakota’s Sex Offender Registry has unanimously passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.

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01 25, 2018

Attorney General Bill to Strengthen Human Trafficking Laws Passes Senate Judiciary

Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms the Attorney General sponsored bill that strengthens the Human Trafficking law in South Dakota has unanimously passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.

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01 24, 2018

Turner County Sheriff Named as 24/7 Sobriety Program Coordinator

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Turner County Sheriff Byron Nogelmeier has accepted the position as State Coordinator for the Attorney General’s 24/7 Sobriety Program.

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01 23, 2018

Attorney General Data Breach Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms the Attorney General sponsored bill that requires the reporting of data breaches of personal information to consumers and to the Attorney General has passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.

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01 22, 2018

Unites States Supreme Court Rules that Jurisdiction in WOTUS Rule Remains in Federal District Court

Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the United States Supreme Court and their unanimous decision recognizing that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear legal challenges to the “Waters of the U.S.” rule (WOTUS).

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01 18, 2018

Drug Control Fund Awards Distributed to Law Enforcement Agencies

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that several law enforcement agencies throughout the state have been given awards from the Attorney General’s Drug Control Fund to attend the Roadside Interview Techniques and Passenger Vehicle Concealment Training to be held in Mobridge, January 23-24, 2018.

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01 18, 2018

Western Union Wire Transfer Settlement Claim Filing Deadline Approaching

Attorney General Marty Jackley is reminding consumers that the deadline to file a claim in the Western Union settlement is fast approaching.

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01 17, 2018

Spink County Sheriff’s Deputies Save Life of Redfield Juvenile with Narcan

Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that Spink County Deputies saved the life of a 13-year-old Redfield juvenile with the use of Narcan on Saturday, January 13, 2018.

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01 16, 2018

Anne Hajek Recommended by Attorney General Jackley to Board of Pardons and Paroles

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today the recommendation of Anne Hajek of Sioux Falls, S.D. to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

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01 16, 2018

South Dakota Joins Challenge to Abortion Law

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today he has joined a 22 state coalition of Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief, in the case of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, Attorney General of California, with the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief supports a free speech challenge to a California law requiring licensed pregnancy clinics to post information about subsidized abortions.

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01 12, 2018

Brown County Woman Sentenced in Elder Abuse Theft Case

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Amy Schmidt, 37, Aberdeen, was sentenced yesterday in Fifth Circuit Court to one count of grand theft.

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01 12, 2018

United States Supreme Court Grants State’s Petition to Review Tax Fairness Case

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the United States Supreme Court has granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari filed in State of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Overstock and Newegg.

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01 10, 2018

Attorney General Jackley Announces Final Settlement with K-Mart

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that South Dakota has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations that Kmart Corporation, owned by Sears Holdings Management Corporation (“Kmart”), charged the Medicaid program more than its usual and customary charge for certain drugs.

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01 10, 2018

South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Bertram Murder Conviction and Life Sentence

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the first degree murder conviction and life sentence without parole of Russell Ray Bertram, a former law enforcement officer, for the shooting death of his fiancée Leonila Stickney.

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01 08, 2018

California Related Death Investigation Preliminary Autopsy Results Released

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today the preliminary autopsy results have been released for Michelle Nanette Walsh, 58, Palm Springs, California.

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01 04, 2018

South Dakota Activates the “Blue Alert” System

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the State of South Dakota has added the Blue Alert system to their statewide notification systems. A Blue Alert is activated when there is a suspect at large who has killed or caused serious injury to a law enforcement officer or if an officer has been abducted or is missing.

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01 04, 2018

Law Enforcement Identify Woman Found Dead in Vehicle

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that law enforcement has confirmed the identity of the deceased female found in connection with the arrest of Tosten David Walsh Lommen, 30, Santa Cruz, California. Michelle Nanette Walsh, 58, Palm Springs, California, was found located in the rear of the vehicle driven by Lommen during the traffic enforcement stop.

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01 03, 2018

Attorney General Jackley’s 2018 Legislative Package

Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the Attorney General’s proposed legislative package for 2018 will include a request that our Legislature consider and enact the following:

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01 02, 2018

Traffic Stop Leads to Death Investigation

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the Division of Criminal Investigation is conducting an investigation into a suspicious death in connection to a traffic arrest that was initiated by the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

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