By Carson Walker
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a woman who ran a drug ring out of a house in Pine Ridge donated to her after a 1999 visit by former President Bill Clinton.
Geraldine Blue Bird, 53, was sentenced in April 2007 to 34 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
A federal appeals court upheld the theft conviction of a former Oglala Sioux Tribe official suing the state because the crime kept her from voting in the November election.
Former tribal vice president Eileen Janis was found guilty in 2007...03-04-2009, 10:47 AM -
Rapid City, South Dakota (AP)
A Porcupine man will serve time in federal prison for setting fire to a trailer house on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Daryl Pipe On Head, 20, pleaded guilty in federal court to arson and was sentenced in federal court in Rapid City to two years...04-28-2008, 03:01 PM -
Rapid City, South Dakota (AP)
Three of eight people charged with selling cocaine on the Pine Ridge Reservation are scheduled to stand trial June 15 in federal court in Rapid City.
Alvina White Bull, Lyle Wilson and Brandon Ecoffey have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts,...05-26-2009, 10:22 AM -
Rapid City, South Dakota (AP)
An Oglala woman avoided prison time but was ordered to repay $29,868 and serve five years of probation for stealing from a store on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Rochelle Dreamer, 37, was sentenced in federal court in Rapid City after pleading...12-16-2007, 08:53 PM -
Rapid City, South Dakota (AP)
Five men have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute cocaine on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said they were part of a plan over an 8-year period to obtain cocaine in Denver and resell...03-10-2010, 07:30 PM