Crime

Police are reminding people to be vigilant after several Sioux Falls residents recently fell victim to a series of scams.

The man accused of trying to kidnap a child while he was working at the Menards in Watertown has been convicted by a jury.

An August trial date has been set for a Milbank man charged with murdering his brother and pregnant sister-in-law.

The mother of a two-year-old girl who died in Hamlin County has been sentenced to five years behind bars.

An Iowa man is facing charges after police say he pulled out a gun and demanded cash during a pawn shop transaction, then denied it was an actual robbery soon after.

South Dakota lawmakers met in Pierre Tuesday for two days of meetings to go over the case for impeaching Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.

Earlier today, the Watertown School District received an email threat. The school district was locked down as a result.

The Department of Justice says John Rowe emailed classified information to undercover FBI agents posing as Russian agents.

Brent Hanson was arrested yesterday after two people were found dead at a residence in Milbank.

The Corson County Sheriff’s Office says they made a traffic stop near the intersection of 2nd Street and Main Street in McLaughlin early Monday morning.

South Dakota Speaker of the House Spencer Gosch (R-Glenham) has tabbed Sara Frankenstein of Rapid City to provide special counsel to the House’s “Special Committee on Impeachment.”

Sioux Falls Police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Friday morning.

14 people were arrested Thursday morning in a six-city drug bust in eastern South Dakota.

A juvenile led Lincoln County Sheriff deputies in a pursuit Tuesday night for the second time this year, authorities say.

Police recovered 17 stolen guns after the victim of a car break-in tracked stolen Airpods to a house in central Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls Police are investigating after a woman was scammed out of over $5,000 on Facebook.

A Sioux Falls man received minor injuries after his cellphone stopped a bullet in a road rage shooting.

A fatal officer-involved shooting in central Sioux Falls in October has been deemed justified by the South Dakota Attorney General.

A 19-year-old and a juvenile were arrested following a stabbing in Mitchell Thursday.

Two Iowa teenagers charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of their high school Spanish teacher will remain in jail.

Thursday’s sentencing of Theresa Bentaas in the death of her infant son brings an end to the “Baby Andrew” case, after over 40 years.

An Astoria man is facing charges after a 16-year-old reported she had been sexually abused.

A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the 2019 starvation death of a toddler in Brookings County.

Authorities are investigating after a Sioux Falls Police officer fired his gun at a vehicle that nearly hit officers Sunday night.

Police are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting Sunday outside Giliberto’s in central Sioux Falls.

Three people are dead and two others are injured after a shooting in Scotland, South Dakota Tuesday night.

A central Sioux Falls shooting over the weekend has left one man dead and two others injured, police say.

Officials located the remains of Nohema Graber, 66, on Wednesday.

Dhani Aronson was found dead in a ditch off of Highway 16 at Wilderness Canyon Road Monday morning. Andrew Thorson was charged with 2nd-degree murder, possibly facing life in prison, where the state alleges he shot Aronson in the head. Jacob Staton is charged with accessory to a crime, where the state alleges he helped to dump and discard Aronson’s body.

Police are investigating after a Sioux Falls casino was robbed overnight.