| 07 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Clark man has been indicted on First-Degree Murder in the death of his mother.
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| 07 17, 2025 | An updated Open Meetings Law Guide, which includes revisions made by the 2025 South Dakota Legislature, has been released by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota NewsMedia Association (SDNA).
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| 07 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises President Trump’s signing of the national HALT Fentanyl Act which the Attorney General says is a necessary step in dealing with the nation’s Fentanyl Crisis.
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| 07 15, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for parole after earlier being found guilty of Second Degree Murder in the November 2023 stabbing death of 17-year-old Evie Maxey in Pierre.
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| 07 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces South Dakota will receive more than $1.5 million as part of a $720 million national settlement with eight opioid drug makers.
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| 07 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Clark man has been charged with First-Degree Murder and Second-Degree Murder in the death of a Clark resident Tuesday.
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| 07 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brandon woman has been sentenced to five years in prison, with 3½ years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to one felony count of Attempt to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
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| 07 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of Sioux Falls Police Department, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Monday night, July 7, in Sioux Falls.
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| 07 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns South Dakotans to be vigilant about money donation scams for relief efforts stemming from the Texas flash floods.
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| 07 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the South Dakota Supreme Court for upholding a Pennington County Circuit Court ruling concerning the admissibility of body camera footage under the “silent witness theory.”
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| 07 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Mitchell man has been indicted on 44 felony counts of crimes against children including First-and Fourth-Degree Rape, Aggravated Incest, and the Manufacturing and Possession of Child Pornography.
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| 07 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley discussed federal and state law enforcement partnerships last week with FBI Director Kash Patel.
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| 07 02, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI)’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force seeks the public’s assistance in the investigation of a former Rapid City Gymnastics Coach who faces federal Child Pornography charges.
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| 07 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a new South Dakota state law that requires age verification to access adult-oriented websites takes effect today (Tuesday) thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week.
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| 07 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the U.S. Senate’s decision to remove a provision from the budget reconciliation bill that would have imposed 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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| 07 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison, with six years suspended, after earlier being convicted of stealing $1.78 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services.
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| 06 30, 2025 | All six of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bills that he proposed during the 2025 legislative session officially become law Tuesday, July 1.
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| 06 27, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Thursday night, June 26, in Sioux Falls.
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| 06 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brookings man has been indicted on one felony count of Solicitation of a Minor.
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| 06 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux City, Iowa man has been convicted of first-degree murder in a 2023 stabbing death in Dakota Dunes.
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| 06 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two individuals have been indicted on charges related to the drug overdose deaths of two South Dakota Penitentiary inmates that have occurred this year at the Penitentiary.
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| 06 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces 24 inmates have been indicted on charges in connection to the May 27 disturbance at the Penitentiary that left 14 inmates injured.
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| 06 19, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has received a $100,000 grant from the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) to enhance the state’s efforts to combat internet crimes against children.
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| 06 18, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that South Dakota has received payment of $1,967,317.50 in its latest opioid settlement from Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
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| 06 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Dakota State University (DSU)’s SecureSD announce the second set of Requests for Proposals (RFP) being utilized to implement a unified, secure email solution for cities, counties, and municipalities across South Dakota.
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| 06 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million as its share of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family.
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| 06 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 24 students who graduate this Friday (today) from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course.
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| 06 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Springfield, S.D. woman was sentenced to two years in prison on each count, suspended on conditions ordered by the court; ordered to pay $2,000 in fines and placed on five years-probation for earlier pleading guilty to four forgery-related charges.
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| 06 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating a death of an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary.
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| 06 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is co-leading 42 Attorneys General in asking Congress to pass the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act of 2025 which would protect Americans from the invasive and deceptive practice of mortgage credit “trigger leads.”
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| 06 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has joined 26 Republican State Attorneys General in supporting President Trump’s decision to activate the National Guard in California to halt rioting.
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| 06 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $3,507.20 in restitution after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the funds of the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union.
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| 06 05, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 36 students who graduate Friday from the state Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course in Pierre.
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| 06 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Sioux Falls woman has been indicted on one count of Grand Theft for taking unauthorized control of monies owned by 16 different victims that had a combined value of between $100,000 and $500,000.
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| 06 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $325,000 in restitution after earlier pleading guilty in connection to an internet scam involving a Lawrence County couple in a theft of at least $325,000.
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| 06 02, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre woman has been charged with four counts of falsifying her own medical marijuana card while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Health.
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| 06 02, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a search conducted in Fall River County has led to the discovery of human remains which are thought to be those of Matthew Marshall of Hot Springs who disappeared from that area in July 2024.
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| 05 29, 2025 | .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 | 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 | 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 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley urges consumers to be cautious when doing business with transient vendors.
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| 05 22, 2025 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Open Meeting Commission will meet Friday, May 2, in Deadwood.
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| 04 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Hughes County Jury has found a Pierre man guilty of Second Degree Murder in the November 2023 stabbing death of 17-year-old Evie Maxey in Pierre.
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| 04 29, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises South Dakota U.S. Attorney Alison Ramsdell and U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi for their decision to dismiss criminal charges against SD ranch family Charles and Heather Maude.
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| 04 29, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages South Dakotans to remember those impacted by Fentanyl during National Fentanyl Awareness Day which is today (Tuesday).
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| 04 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brookings man has pleaded not guilty to 50 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
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| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Emily’s Hope, along with South Dakota Departments of Social Services and Health, announce a partnership that will result in the distribution of 20,000 naloxone kits, which equals 40,000 doses, throughout South Dakota.
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| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers were justified in their use of force in an incident that occurred April 1, 2025 near Beresford in Union County.
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| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that Sioux Falls Police Department Officers were justified in using lethal force during an Officer Involved Shooting April 1, 2025 in Sioux Falls.
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| 04 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages people with unneeded prescription medication to safely dispose of it during this Saturday’s National Drug Take Back Day.
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| 04 23, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 25 other Attorneys General in praising U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s creation of a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force.
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| 04 23, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State has reached a settlement of its lawsuit against the NCAA that reduces the amount of money that Division I schools, including South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota, will have to pay toward the NCAA’s proposed $2.8 billion settlement of federal class action lawsuits brought by student athletes in California.
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| 04 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 39 other Attorneys General have requested that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) require better cooperation with local law enforcement from the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
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| 04 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 38 other Attorneys General demand Congress prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies.
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| 04 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has been indicted in Union County on 11 counts including four felony counts of Attempted First Degree Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer in connection with an incident that occurred April 1, 2025.
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| 04 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a bipartisan group of 51 Attorneys General in notifying nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly unlawful robocalls across their networks.
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| 04 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Springfield, S.D. woman has pleaded guilty to four forgery-related charges connected to crimes committed while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and performing contract work for the Department of Health.
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| 04 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Social Services employee was found guilty Thursday of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services.
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| 04 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 25 other Attorneys General in asking the Trump Administration to close a loophole used by drug traffickers to ship Fentanyl into the United States.
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| 04 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department and South Dakota Highway Patrol, is investigating two separate, but related, officer involved shootings with the same suspect that occurred Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Sioux Falls.
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| 03 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier has ruled that the state’s lawsuit against the NCAA should be heard in South Dakota circuit court and not federal court as requested by the NCAA.
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| 03 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the identities have been confirmed of the two bodies recovered last Friday at the scene of a Wessington Springs house fire.
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| 03 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Daniel Haggar announce a partnership to support Problem-Solving Courts in Minnehaha County.
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| 03 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that two bodies have been recovered at the scene of a Wessington Springs house fire.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Rapid City man was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison, with 15 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to a charge of First Degree Manslaughter in the 2023 beating death of a 53-year-old man in Rapid City.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brookings man has been charged with 12 total counts of Possession of Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
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| 03 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 51 other Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in support of two military veterans and their families who were unlawfully denied their full G.I. Bill education benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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| 03 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has rejected Briley Wayne Piper’s federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Piper had received the death penalty for the torture and killing of Chester Allan Poage in 2000 near Spearfish.
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| 03 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley supports the efforts of President Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to fight the influx of fentanyl into the United States and violent crime.
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| 03 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the signing of his two bills fighting human trafficking and protecting correction officers.
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| 03 12, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley applauds the cooperation that has led to the signing of the four Government Accountability bills that he proposed this legislative session.
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| 03 12, 2025 | The final ballot explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes for voter-approved initiated measures for seven years after approval to be approved by three-fourths of the Legislature and also require approval of the voters, has been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 03 12, 2025 | The final ballot explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes to initiatives and referendum procedures be approved by a vote of the people has been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 03 12, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announce that 85-year-old George Verzani (Ver-zanee) of Scotland has been identified as the person found deceased Tuesday afternoon in Scotland.
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| 03 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Joel Jundt caution consumers about a text message scam being reported in South Dakota where people are being ordered to pay a tax for traveling on the state’s roads.
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| 03 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating the discovery of the body of a deceased individual found Tuesday in Scotland.
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| 03 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announce that an investigation has determined that Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, died of smoke inhalation and methamphetamine toxicity Feb. 13 following a standoff with law enforcement and a subsequent fire at his Brandon home.
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| 03 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 37 other State Attorneys General and the U.S. Department of Justice in submitting a final package of remedies to end Google’s illegal monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers.
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| 03 05, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley honors the 45 recruits who graduate Friday, March 7, from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program in Pierre.
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| 03 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, responding to an Open Records Request, has released his travel expense vouchers for the period from January 7, 2023, when he was sworn into office, through Jan. 9, 2025.
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| 03 04, 2025 | South Dakota’s House of Representatives Tuesday gave final approval to bills proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley regarding human trafficking and unauthorized items being brought into state correctional facilities.
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| 03 03, 2025 | South Dakota’s House Judiciary Committee Monday approved two bills, proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, regarding human trafficking and unauthorized items being brought into state correctional facilities.
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| 02 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Lake Andes man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in May 2024.
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| 02 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley urges South Dakota consumers to take time, especially during next week’s National Consumer Protection Week, to protect their personal and financial information. National Consumer Protection Week starts Sunday, March 2, and runs through Saturday, March 8.
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| 02 26, 2025 | All four Government Accountability bills, proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, were approved Wednesday by the House State Affairs Committee, including three by unanimous consent.
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| 02 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition in urging Congress to act against the rise in organized retail crime nationwide.
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| 02 21, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the overall number of reported criminal offenses reported statewide in 2024 increased 1.21 percent compared to 2023.
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| 02 21, 2025 | South Dakota’s Open Meeting Commission meets via Microsoft Teams Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
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| 02 20, 2025 | An explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes for voter-approved initiated measures for seven years after approval to be approved by a three-fourths vote of the Legislature and also require approval of the voters, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 02 20, 2025 | An explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes to initiatives and referendum procedures to be approved by a vote of the people, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 02 20, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that court filings in Texas Federal Court are evidence 17 States, including South Dakota, who filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s attempt to bring gender dysphoria as a disability in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are clearly not asking that the lawsuit rule all of Section 504 unconstitutional.
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| 02 19, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 17 recruits who will graduate Friday, Feb. 21, from the Law Enforcement Training program held in Sioux Falls.
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| 02 19, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley reiterates that a lawsuit filed by 17 States regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 only pertains to the listing of gender dysphoria as a disability and was not intended to rule all of Section 504 unconstitutional.
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| 02 18, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the State Senate for Tuesday’s passage of Senate Bill 62, which would establish mandatory reporting requirements related to improper governmental conduct and crime, and to provide a penalty.
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| 02 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) confirm that Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, has been identified as the person who was found deceased at a home in Brandon which was damaged by fire following a standoff with law enforcement Wednesday.
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| 02 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley states a lawsuit filed by States to not list gender dysphoria as a disability will not impact South Dakota school age children with disabilities who receive services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 24 other Attorneys General in asking the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act which would close a copycat fentanyl loophole.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) confirm that a body of a male subject has been found at a home in Brandon which was destroyed by fire following a standoff with law enforcement Wednesday.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Spearfish man was arrested Wednesday on one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
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| 02 11, 2025 | Two Government Accountability bills proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley were approved Tuesday morning by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages the public to observe Safer Internet Day which is Tuesday, Feb.11, worldwide.
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| 02 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating the Saturday morning death of an inmate at the Clay County Jail.
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| 02 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are warning the public about the discovery this week in Eastern South Dakota of marijuana that appears to have been laced with opioids and possibly Fentanyl.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 57, a bill introduced by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley that would revise presumptive probation, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 59, a bill introduced by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and which would revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 58, legislation proposed by Attorney General Marty Jackley to better address human trafficking in South Dakota, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces an Arkansas man was arrested Thursday after a standoff that occurred at a residence north of Witten in Tripp County.
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| 02 05, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state prison employee has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of a Prohibited Sexual Act Between a Prison Employee and Prisoner.
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| 02 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Rapid City man has been arrested on state charges for threatening Gov. Larry Rhoden.
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| 02 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a California man has pleaded guilty in connection to an internet scam involving a Lawrence County couple in a theft of at least $325,000.
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| 02 03, 2025 | Senate Bill 61, which would modify and strengthen the state Board of Internal Control, and which was introduced by Attorney General Marty Jackley and supported by State Auditor Rich Sattgast and Governor Larry Rhoden’s Office, was unanimously approved Monday by the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 02 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Dakota State University (DSU) announce Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the SecureSD: Cybersecurity for Municipalities and Counties Initiative that would strengthen the cybersecurity defenses of South Dakota’s local governments.
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| 01 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Wagner youth, whose case had earlier been transferred to adult court, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of First Degree Manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old male in 2023.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Watertown man has been sentenced to life in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of First Degree Rape and one count of Sexual Contact With A Child Under Sixteen.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union’s funds.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union’s funds.
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| 01 29, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is one of the Republican Attorneys General leading a panel discussion this week on the Trump administration transition and working with the Department of Justice on ongoing litigation.
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| 01 27, 2025 | Senate Bill 60, which would expand the access and investigatory authority of the State Auditor and was introduced by Attorney General Marty Jackley, and supported by the State Auditor Rich Sattgast and State Treasurer Josh Haeder, was unanimously approved Monday afternoon by the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 01 27, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) employee was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to using a DSS grocery voucher, intended for families in need, for personal use.
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| 01 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s statement on Saturday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Gov. Kristi Noem to be U.S. Homeland Security Director and Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden becoming South Dakota’s newest Governor:
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Wednesday presented the office’s proposed $41 million fiscal year 2026 budget which includes funds for the Appellate, Criminal, and Civil Attorney Divisions, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the State Forensic Lab, and Law Enforcement Training.
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the State Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating the report of possible explosives being located at the site of the new state prison in Lincoln County.
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that no explosives were found Wednesday afternoon following an investigation at the site of the new state prison in Lincoln County.
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| 01 20, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released this statement following former President Biden’s decision to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier from life in prison to serving the remainder of his sentence in home confinement:
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| 01 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 17 other Attorneys General in encouraging U.S. Senate leadership to confirm Gov. Kristi Noem, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other members of the President-elect’s national security team.
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| 01 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two South Dakota Penitentiary inmates have been sentenced to additional time in prison after they had earlier been found guilty of assaulting two correctional officers at the South Dakota Penitentiary in 2023.
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| 01 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 24 students who graduate this Friday from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course in Pierre.
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| 01 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued this statement following the selection of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve as that state’s next U.S. Senator.
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| 01 15, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that one person has been arrested in a shooting that occurred Wednesday at a Milbank nursing home.
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| 01 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 17 other Attorneys General in supporting the state of Louisiana law that requires all K-12 schools and state-funded universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
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| 01 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former Department of Corrections employee has been sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to crimes involving a prison inmate.
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| 01 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee has been charged with using a DSS grocery voucher, intended for families in need, for personal use.
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| 01 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 19 other State Attorneys General in sending a letter to President-elect Trump asking him to secure the southern border when he takes office later this month.
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| 01 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading No Contest to First-Degree Rape of an underage child.
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| 01 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley will introduce seven bills in this year’s State Legislature that deal with government accountability, whistleblower protections, human trafficking, and corrections.
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| 01 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has appointed former Attorney General Mark Vargo to serve as the attorney representing the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission.
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| 01 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a 41-year-old Yankton woman has been identified as the victim in the murder that occurred Thursday in Yankton.
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| 12 30, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former State Department of Revenue employee has been sentenced after pleading guilty to two fraud-related charges.
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| 12 30, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Lake Andes man has pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in May 2024.
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| 12 23, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Yankton County State’s Attorney-Elect Tyler Larsen announce that Andrew Jondahl of Watertown has been indicted on four charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in the parking lot of the Yankton High School.
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| 12 20, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that two Yankton Police Officers were justified in a shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in Yankton.
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| 12 17, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Springfield, S.D. woman has been indicted on 26 forgery-related charges connected to crimes committed while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and performing contract work for the Department of Health.
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| 12 12, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley calls today’s South Dakota Supreme Court decision reversing a circuit court decision that ordered a victim to turn over any mental health treatment records a victory for victims’ rights.
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| 12 10, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has been elected as Vice Chairman of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). He was elected to the post this week during the NAAG conference in Washington, D.C.
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| 12 10, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force has sent warning letters to four voice service providers who are suspected of transmitting illegal robocalls on their networks on behalf of one or more of their customers.
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| 12 09, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that a Rapid City Police Department Officer was justified in a shooting that occurred Nov. 1, 2024, in Rapid City.
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| 12 09, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a North Dakota U.S. Federal Court has ruled in favor of 19 states that challenged a proposed federal rule that treats certain illegal immigrants as legal citizens.
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| 12 06, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two South Dakota Penitentiary inmates have been sentenced for recent assaults on state Department of Correction employees.
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| 12 06, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with four years suspended, after earlier pleading no contest to one count of Sexual Contact with a Child under the age of Sixteen.
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| 12 06, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Yankton County State’s Attorney-Elect Tyler Larsen announce that a Watertown man faces charges stemming from an Officer Involved Shooting that took place Thursday night in Yankton.
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| 12 05, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal investigation (DCI), at the request of the Yankton Police Department, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Thursday night, Dec. 5, 2024, at a Yankton school.
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| 12 03, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is part of a 30-member coalition of Attorneys General and Attorneys General-elect who are urging the United States Senate to swiftly confirm Pam Bondi as the next United States Attorney General in January.
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| 11 27, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Rapid City woman has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to three felony drug counts, including one that resulted in the death of another person.
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| 11 26, 2024 | With the Christmas shopping season starting in earnest this week, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns shoppers that scammers look to dampen the holiday spirit.
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| 11 26, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages the public to remain appreciative of the state’s law enforcement agencies and officers after two law enforcement officers were involved Tuesday in vehicle crashes while in the line of duty.
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| 11 22, 2024 | South Dakota’s Open Meeting Commission meeting is Monday, Nov. 25, in Pierre.
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| 11 22, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises President-elect Trump’s selection of Pam Bondi as his Nominee for Attorney General.
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| 11 19, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 31 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) which would protect children from online harm.
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| 11 15, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Marshall County State’s Attorney Victor Rapkoch announce a Britton man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of possessing, manufacturing or distributing child pornography.
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| 11 15, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Rapid City man was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 12, on six drug charges following an investigation conducted by federal, state, and local law enforcement.
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| 11 14, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Open Meeting Commission will meet Monday, Nov. 18 in Pierre, the first time the commission has met since 2020.
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| 11 14, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley calls Thursday’s South Dakota Supreme Court decision reversing a circuit court’s order requiring a victim to provide her diaries to the defendants in a rape and sexual contact case a victory for victims’ rights.
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| 11 13, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley honors the 48 recruits who will graduate Friday, Nov. 15, from the Basic Law Enforcement training program in Pierre.
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| 11 13, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 22 other Attorneys General are requesting Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis end their political prosecutions of President Donald Trump.
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| 11 13, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 46 other Attorneys General call upon the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network.
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| 11 12, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for a proposed 2026 initiated measure that would limit annual property tax assessment increases for non-agricultural property.
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| 11 11, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises last week’s U.S. District Court’s ruling that permanently blocks a Biden Administration’s “parole in place” policy that would have provided citizenship for more than a million illegal aliens who have not satisfied the clear requirements set by Congress.
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| 11 06, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a White River man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with 20 years suspended, after earlier being convicted on three charges, including two counts of rape.
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| 11 05, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issues this statement regarding the safety and integrity of today’s election in South Dakota.
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| 11 04, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley urges citizens to support a peaceful transition of power after Tuesday’s Presidential Election.
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| 11 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Fort Pierre man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after earlier being found guilty of nine felony counts of rape, sexual contact with a child, and incest involving two different children.
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| 11 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the state will receive almost $300,000 as part of a settlement with global health company Apotex and Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve allegations of generic drug price-fixing.
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| 11 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the South Dakota Division of Criminal investigation (DCI), at the request of the Rapid City Police Department, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Friday, Nov. 1, in Rapid City.
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| 11 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two inmates have been found guilty of assaulting two correctional officers at the South Dakota Penitentiary in 2023.
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| 11 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 19 other Attorneys General are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to affirm the dismissal of U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former President Donald Trump.
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| 10 30, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises today’s (Wednesday’s) decision by the United States Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls.
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| 10 29, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley provides his guidance on public discussion regarding criminal cases involving state government agencies.
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| 10 25, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Wagner youth has pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a Class C felony, in the connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old male in 2023.
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| 10 21, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that $5 million in grants will be shared by 41 organizations who will use the funds to assist children who have been abused or neglected, victims of domestic violence, and victims of sexual assault.
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| 10 21, 2024 | As required by state law, an explanation for a proposed initiated measure that would limit annual property tax assessment increases for non-agricultural property, which would be on the 2026 general election ballot if approved, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 10 18, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley hosts an Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Working Group Meeting next Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 23-25, in Deadwood.
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| 10 16, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces his office and the South Dakota Board of Regents, on behalf of South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota, have filed a motion seeking to have its lawsuit against the NCAA heard in state, not federal, court.
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| 10 15, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley Tuesday argued in North Dakota U.S. Federal Court that a proposed federal rule that treats DACA recipients as legal citizens would impact the financial health and public safety of States.
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| 10 14, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, Kansas Attorney Genera Kris Kobach, and North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley will appear Tuesday in North Dakota U.S. Federal Court to argue against a proposed federal rule that treats DACA recipients as legal citizens.
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| 10 11, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Meade County Sheriff Pat West announce that a Louisiana man has been arrested for deceptive business practices involving an asphalt paving job.
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| 10 11, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has been indicted on one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union funds.
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| 10 11, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns South Dakotans to now be even more vigilant about money donation scams for relief efforts stemming from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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| 10 09, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two Pierre women have been indicted on fraud-related charges connected to crimes committed while they were both employees of the South Dakota Department of Revenue.
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| 10 09, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Gillette, Wyoming woman has been ordered to pay $93,367.05 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of Grand Theft By Exploitation.
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| 10 08, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 12 students who graduate this Friday from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course.
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| 10 08, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General to enforce a court order that requires TikTok to comply with an ongoing multistate consumer protection investigation and to preserve and produce relevant evidence.
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| 10 07, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and South Dakota Bankers Association (SDBA) President Karl Adam announce a partnership to educate bank customers about banking scams.
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| 10 04, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 11 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to pass the AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act of 2024, stressing the importance of AM radios in times of emergencies.
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| 10 04, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Custer County State’s Attorney Tracy Kelley announce that a Pringle, SD man has been arrested on felony arson charges related to nine separate wildland and structure fires that recently have occurred in Custer County.
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| 10 04, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns the public that members of the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force are not calling citizens demanding money.
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| 10 02, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns South Dakotans about money donation scams involving relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene.
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| 10 02, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a current South Dakota Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison for assaulting a South Dakota Department of Corrections employee.
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| 10 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former prison employee has pleaded guilty to one count of a Prohibited Sexual Act Between a Prison Employee and Prisoner.
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| 09 26, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 29 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to consider a Maryland case where the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Maryland law banning hundreds of styles of firearms.
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| 09 26, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Child Abduction Response Team (CART) this week held a child abduction exercise in Pierre.
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| 09 19, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley strongly urges citizens to stay alert when dealing with internet and telephone scams.
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| 09 19, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 19 recruits who graduate Friday from the Law Enforcement Training program held in Sioux Falls.
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| 09 18, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley recognizes the South Dakota Forensic Lab in celebration of this week being National Forensic Science Week.
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| 09 17, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that an Aberdeen man has been indicted on seven counts of computer-generated child pornography which are part of a new South Dakota law that took effect this past July 1.
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| 09 17, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a California man has been indicted in an internet scam involving a Lawrence County couple.
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| 09 16, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Forensic Lab has identified a DNA sample that was collected from an attempted rape in 2022 that occurred in South Dakota, and which has now allowed the case to be reopened.
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| 09 13, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Marion man has been sentenced to 160 years in prison after earlier being convicted of criminal charges against a child.
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| 09 13, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 41 other Attorneys General in asking Congress to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms.
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| 09 12, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Mount Vernon man has pleaded guilty to both Second-Degree Manslaughter and Abuse of or Cruelty to a Minor in connection to the death of a three-year-old child in March 2023.
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| 09 12, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that, in an answer to a question from the Secretary of State, that he interprets the State Constitution requires a sponsor of an initiated ballot measure to be a citizen of South Dakota.
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| 09 10, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces his office and the South Dakota Board of Regents, on behalf of South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota, have filed a complaint against the NCAA, and its proposed settlement on its past conduct.
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| 09 09, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for the proposed initiated measure that would require non-denominational prayer in public schools, which would be on the 2026 general election ballot if approved. The sponsor of the proposed initiated measure is Hillel Hellinger of North Miami Beach, Fla.
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| 08 29, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that 21 officers, including nine tribal law enforcement officers, will graduate from the state’s tribal prioritized law enforcement class course on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
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| 08 29, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman announce that a Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of Possessing, Manufacturing or Distributing Child Pornography.
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| 08 28, 2024 | South Dakota’s Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to re-establish a reciprocity articulation agreement with Western Dakota Technical College (WDTC) of Rapid City.
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| 08 27, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Social Services employee has pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services
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| 08 26, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley hosts a National Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Working Group Meeting Oct. 22-25 in Deadwood where Attorneys General from across the country will work on issues impacting states.
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| 08 23, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is among 21 Attorneys General demanding answers from online retailer Temu regarding its alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), data collection and sharing practices, and possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
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| 08 22, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 26 other Attorneys General in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to limit the Biden Administration’s “Frame or Receiver” firearms rule proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
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| 08 21, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns the public about recurring scam telephone calls where citizens are threatened with arrest warrants or fines for failure to perform a court-ordered action.
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| 08 20, 2024 | At the request of the sponsor, an explanation for a proposed initiated measure that would require non-denominational prayer in public schools, which would be on the 2026 general election ballot if approved, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 08 19, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises a recent U.S. 8th Circuit Court reversal on a federal ATF rule banning pistol braces.
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| 08 19, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has joined a civil antitrust lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department and 40 other Attorneys General against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolization and other unlawful conduct in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
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| 08 16, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces three people were arrested early Friday morning, Aug. 16, on fentanyl and methamphetamine charges following an investigation conducted by several state and local law enforcement agencies.
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| 08 15, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issues this statement regarding the investigation into the actions of a former South Dakota Division of Motor Vehicles employee.
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| 08 15, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a 60-year-old man from Conde has been found guilty of seven counts of taking money from an elderly person who was in his care.
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| 08 14, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined Attorneys General from seven other states in challenging a Presidential Executive Order that would encroach on the States’ authority to regulate voter registration.
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| 08 14, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley testified Wednesday that an Age Verification statute for minors accessing harmful Internet content should be considered by the South Dakota Legislature.
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| 08 12, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a 51-year-old Rapid City man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter.
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| 08 01, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Fort Pierre man has been convicted of nine felony counts of rape, sexual contact with a child, and Incest involving two different children.
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| 07 31, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Sturgis man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after earlier being convicted of 11 counts of felony crimes involving five different children.
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| 07 31, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Minnehaha County Grand Jury Monday indicted six people regarding five different cases involving South Dakota Prison inmates and two others who were Department of Corrections staff members at that time.
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| 07 26, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that a Sioux Falls Police Officer and a Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Deputy were justified in the shooting involving a Sioux Falls gas station clerk hostage incident that occurred on July 3, 2024.
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| 07 25, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Winner man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to Third-Degree Rape of a person incapable of giving consent.
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| 07 25, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises a U.S. District Court’s preliminary injunction that stops a new U.S. Department of Education Title IX rule. The rule was scheduled to take effect on August 1, but has now been stopped in South Dakota and the five other 8th Circuit states who joined the lawsuit.
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| 07 24, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 25 Attorneys General in asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to issue an emergency stay on the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants.
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| 07 22, 2024 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins other Attorney Generals in opposing a Biden Administration proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
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