Legal News for Rapid City, South Dakota
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United States of America v. Shawn Lant
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances (drug).... More...
(01-09-2026 - SD)United States of America v. Jose Eduardo Rodriguez
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.... More...
(01-07-2026 - SD)United States of America v. Ruth Kazmer
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Beginning at least in July 2022, Ruth Kazmer, 60, a resident of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, organized a conspiracy to transport large amounts of methamphetamine from surrounding states into western South Dakota. Kazmer financed multi-pound shipments of methamph... More...
(12-18-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Darwin Carlow
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Carlow was indicted for three counts of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender by a federal grand jury in May 2025. He pleaded guilty to one count on September 18, 2025. Carlow was charged following repeated failures to maintain his sex offender registration as requi... More...
(12-17-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Katrina Pauline Shangreaux, also known as Katrina White Whirlwind
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian Country. Katrina Shangreaux’s two-and-a-half-year-old son died after she kicked him in the head and abdomen, hit him with a belt, bit him, and injured his scrotum. ... More...
(11-17-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Andrew Cortes
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Andrew Cortes, age 30, was found to be armed with a firearm when the was stopped by Rapid City, South Dakota police officers.... More...
(11-14-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Shanteddy Two Eagle
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(11-07-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Donroy Shoulders, jr.
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abuse of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 2243(a).... More...
(11-07-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Anfernee Rondeau
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor.... More...
(10-17-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Devin Allen Wolfe
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography. Devin Allen Wolfe was convicted of receipt of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2) and (b)(1), and sentenced to 60 months in prison and 35 years of supervised release. Around two years into supervision he was revoked when he violated the Computer/Inter... More...
(08-27-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Michael Cole, a/k/a “Texasâ€
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Rapid City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 20 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in the Rapid City Area... More...
(08-26-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Brady Makes Room
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Rapid City Man Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender ... More...
(08-25-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Miguel Antonio Alvarez
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with enticement of a minor using the Internet and receipt of child pornography. Alvarez’s plea agreement waives his challenge to the reasonableness of his sentence. The agreement provides that Alvarez waives his right to appeal any non- jurisdictional issue, but the waiver excludes “th... More...
(08-15-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Jose Doe
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with drug possession and drug trafficking. The South Dakota Highway Patrol made its largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine when it discovered 207 pounds of crystal meth during a traffic stop,... More...
(08-11-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Richard Wayne Gray
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity and Aggravated Sexual Abuse with Children Wyoming Man Found Not Guilty in Federal Court ... More...
(08-11-2025 - SD)Kylea Wagner v. Rigo Tovar
Rapid City, South Dakota family law lawyers represented the parties in a protective order matter. Kylea Wagner filed a petition for a protection order against Rigo Tovar for herself and their two minor children. Following a permanent order hearing, the circuit court found that domestic abuse occurred and issued a five-year domestic permanent protection order that required Rigo not to hav... More...
(08-08-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Andre Gibson
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine In and Around Rapid City Rapid City Man Sentenced to 17 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine In and Around Rapid City... More...
(07-31-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Kiana Pilcher
Rapid City, South Dakota ruminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering Rapid City Woman Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Federal Prison Following Conviction for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering... More...
(07-31-2025 - SD)Rodney Alexander v. Estate of Steve Hobart and Nick Hobart
Rapid City, South Dakota civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute. Rodney Alexander and Steve Hobart entered into an agreement giving Alexander a right of first refusal to purchase Steve's cattle and to have Steve's national forest livestock grazing permit transferred to him. They, along with Steve's son Nick, later signed an addendum clarifying th... More...
(07-25-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Moses Crowe
Sturgis, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting a carjacking resulting inserious bodily injury, aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. Saul Crowe forced Phillip Moore at gunpoint to drive a van from a Walmart store to the Ramkota Hotel... More...
(07-17-2025 - sd)United States of America v. Charles Cane Merrival, also known as Charles Merriva
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. ... More...
(06-30-2025 - SD)United States of America, v.Antonio Marshall, also known as Tony Quick Bear
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you hav... More...
(05-18-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Trevor Red Bird
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Rapid City Man Sentenced to Over 2 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender Trev... More...
(03-21-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Johnathan Morrison
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving Child Pornography Oglala Man Sentenced to 17 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography Johnathan Morrison, 34, was ind... More...
(03-21-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Cruz Mario Lara Larios
Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine Rapid City Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine ... More...
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