Crime

Authorities are investigating a shooting in Pierre that left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Former South Dakota State University police officer Adam Lehnertz has been sentenced to prison after he admitted to possessing child pornography and soliciting a 13-year-old girl.

A 22-year-old Sioux Falls man is facing fourth-degree rape charges after police say the father of a 15-year-old discovered the two were meeting at a motel.

Two people are behind bars after two police pursuits resulted in a drug bust.

Paul Erickson, a former conservative political operative has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for fraud following new scrutiny from his involvement with Maria Butina, a Russian agent, who attempted to gain political access.

A 22-year-old man is facing first-degree manslaughter in connection with a fatal car accident in Sioux Falls in May.

Sioux Falls Police have issued two arrest warrants in connection with a robbery of Riddle Jewelry the night of the riot at The Empire Mall.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 1991 law that bars robocalls to cellphones.

Authorities say a Mission man is accused of beating a man to death with a metal bat.

Two people from Aberdeen have sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to felony kidnapping in what authorities say was an attempt to rob a man.

Police say the suspect in two shootings in northern Sioux Falls mistakenly entered the wrong home and killed a neighbor before shooting and injuring his intended target and two others.

Police says one man is in custody and three people are hospitalized following a shooting in Sioux Falls.

Police say a suspect is in custody after a shooting left three people hospitalized in northern Sioux Falls.

A Minnesota judge is warning that he's likely to move the trials of four police officers charged in George Floyd's death out of Minneapolis if public officials and attorneys continue speaking out about the case.

South Dakota's highest court has ruled the state does not need to repay a group of international investors who claimed fraud after an Aberdeen meat plant went bankrupt.

A Sioux Falls man is facing charges after police say he vandalized a piece of artwork in the Downtown SculptureWalk.

A 21-year-old Mitchell woman has been charged with killing a 5-year-old after he died from abuse injuries.

A Sioux Falls couple accused of drugging and abusing four children with a cattle prod and a pled not guilty on Monday.

The Sioux Falls Drug Task Force seized several pounds of marijuana in a drug bust following a tip.

A Minnesota state trooper is accused of sending a woman's nude photos from her cellphone to his own phone while responding to a crash in Minneapolis.

Two people are behind bars after authorities say they fled from Sioux Falls police after an attempted traffic stop.

Authorities have seized 17 pounds of marijuana that they say was destined for Aberdeen.

The Sioux Falls police department is reviewing the use of force in an arrest of a juvenile over the weekend.

Law enforcement officials have tracked down the suspect who police say fired a gun towards officers in Sioux Falls.

Authorities say a Sioux Falls man is facing charges for stalking and robbing a woman.

A Sioux Falls man is facing kidnapping charges after authorities say he forced a woman into his car.

Karen Benitez-Lopez grew up in South Dakota, undocumented. She lived in fear not knowing what could get her sent back to Mexico and was afraid of the police.

A judge has sentenced a Rapid City man to 50 years in prison for repeatedly shooting at law enforcement officers during a four-hour standoff on New Year’s Day 2019.

Authorities say a man is facing charges after he stole vehicles from three communities across eastern South Dakota and then crashed into a law enforcement vehicle during a chase.

Authorities say two people have been arrested in possession of some firearms that were stolen from a Sioux Falls business two weeks ago.