FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been indicted on 11 counts, including five counts of Rape in the First Degree, involving two people under the age of 13.
Jarrett High Bear, 33, was indicted Wednesday by a Hughes County Grand Jury. He was indicted on five counts of Rape in the First Degree which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of up to life in prison for each count, two counts of Fourth Degree Rape which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, three counts of Sexual Contact with a Child Under the Age of Sixteen, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for each count, and one additional count of Sexual Contact With a Child Under the Age of Sixteen, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison,
The crimes occurred between January 2018 and March 2026.
Pierre’s Police Department investigated the case. The Attorney General’s Office and the Hughes County State’s Attorney’s Office will prosecute.
The defendant is being held on a $25,000 cash bond in the Hughes County Jail. He is presumed innocent under the U.S. Constitution.
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