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Date: 05-17-2022
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Case Number: 3:21-cr-30062-RAL
Judge: Roberto A. Lange
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (Hughes County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson.
Gabriel Roubideaux, age 34, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 8, 2021. He pled guilty on February 1, 2022.
The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred in March 2021, in Mellette County, South Dakota. In the early morning hours of March 16, 2021, Roubideaux intentionally set fire to a shed that was next to an occupied residence in the Upper Swift Bear community. The shed subsequently collapsed against the residence, setting it on fire. Both the shed and the residence were destroyed in the fire.
This case was investigated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.
Roubideaux was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 81; ARSON
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, $22,675 in restitution, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
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