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Feb 25, 2021 10:07 AM
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that 37 people have been federally indicted as part of OCDETF Operation Say Uncle. OCDETF stands for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which is a “keystone of the Attorney General’s strategy to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics throughout the United States using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to combat transnational organized crime.” OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles drug traffickers, money launderers, and transnational criminal organizations.
Federal prosecutors in Rapid City, South Dakota, working cooperatively with law enforcement agencies across the State, federally charged 37 defendants with drug-related offenses, despite the challenges imposed on the criminal justice system and law enforcement officers everywhere by COVID-19. The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office charged nine persons with state offenses as part of the same Operati
Manslaughter charge upgraded to murder for Box Elder woman accused of killing two-year-old girl
February 22, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. A second-degree manslaughter charge has now been upgraded to second-degree murder for the Box Elder woman accused of killing a two-year-old child.
22-year-old Precious Delaney Black Elk is now facing a mandatory life-sentence for the Feb. 7 crime, where law enforcement responded to a 911 call that a child was not breathing. After arriving on-scene, officers found the child unresponsive and beyond resuscitation, and reported bruising on the infant. Additional investigators from Box Elder Police and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office were brought in at that time.
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February 12, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. With the temperatures in dangerous territory and as temperatures continue to drop, volunteers from Camp Mniluzahan are out in force, seeking out the most vulnerable members of the community.
The city has stretched resources to provide for an ever increasing homeless population, and COVID-19 has only exacerbated the issue. To help provide shelter and protection, Camp Mniluzahan and the Creek Patrol have remained an active part of the community. It comes in the forms of protection from violence, warmth in the winter, and food for the hungry.
“Three or four times now, we’ve had vehicles attempt to run over our un-sheltered relatives down here near the creek,” said Creek Patrol volunteer Joey. “Just like a hundred yards away, we had someone run through a camp in the summer twice in their truck.”