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Rapid City Police Arrest Man After Knife Disturbance
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police say they arrested a male subject for causing a disturbance over the weekend. Police were dispatched to 415 E. North Street on Sunday for a report of a male causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, the male began approaching officers with a knife in his hand and police ordered him to drop the weapon. Police used a less-lethal sponge round after he failed to drop the knife and he was taken into custody. He was identified as 43-year-old John Feather of Lead.
Traffic Stop Leads to Three Drug Arrests in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police arrested three people early Sunday after a traffic stop turned up drugs. Trevor Patton, 27, of Box Elder, Christian Degeest, 28, of Box Elder and Madison Dyer, 21, of Rapid City were arrested following the traffic stop that occurred on Tablerock Road. Police pulled the vehicle over for speeding and a search of the vehicle turned up a pill which was determined to be a controlled drug, along with a piece of glassware with a white residue which field tested positive for methamphetamine. Patton was placed under arrest for Eluding, Impersonation to Deceive Law Enforcement, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Driving without a Valid License, Speeding, and a Warrant. Degeest and Dyer were each placed under arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance and a Parole Hold.
New Task Force Aims to Reduce Female Incarceration Rates in South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Corrections secretary Nick Lamb says female incarceration rates should “substantially decrease” with a newly-created rehabilitation task force. South Dakota has the highest incarceration rate of women in the world. Lamb says the new 87-million-dollar Rapid City prison, scheduled for completion next summer, would enable task force goals.
Governor Rhoden Proposes Major Expansion of Guard Facilities Near Sturgis
STURGIS, S.D. – Governor Larry Rhoden has announced a proposal that will bring significant upgrades to the South Dakota National Guard’s facility east of Sturgis. The proposal includes an expansion of the current readiness facility and construction of a new vehicle maintenance shop. Rhoden is proposing using $2.4 million dollars in state funds to modernize the current facility and $8 million in federal money to expand the facility by more than 26,000 square feet. The new vehicle maintenance shop would be funded by an additional $30 million in federal funding.
Pennington County Victim Specialists Seek Used Electronics for 911 Cell Phone Bank
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Pennington County Sheriff’s Victim Specialists are again seeking donations of cell phones, tablets, chargers and cords for the 911 Cell Phone Bank. In the last year, nearly 500 cell phones were donated, repaired and given to the 911 Cell Phone Bank. Collection boxes have been set up in the lobby of Rapid City Hall, at the Public Safety Building and the new Pennington County Administration Building on Concourse Drive. The used items will be repaired, refurbished, recycled and securely erased, then provided to partnering agencies to be given to victims of violent crimes. Deadline for dropping off cell phones and accessories is late January.
Pennington County Victim Specialists Seek Used Electronics for 911 Cell Phone Bank
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Pennington County Sheriff’s Victim Specialists are again seeking donations of cell phones, tablets, chargers and cords for the 911 Cell Phone Bank. In the last year, nearly 500 cell phones were donated, repaired and given to the 911 Cell Phone Bank. Collection boxes have been set up in the lobby of Rapid City Hall, at the Public Safety Building and the new Pennington County Administration Building on Concourse Drive. The used items will be repaired, refurbished, recycled and securely erased, then provided to partnering agencies to be given to victims of violent crimes. Deadline for dropping off cell phones and accessories is late January.
Police Say Ammunition Found in Backpack Linked Suspect to UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
NEW YORK (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania testified Monday that a loaded gun magazine found in Luigi Mangione’s backpack during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest led them to identify him as the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Officers discovered the ammunition while searching the bag at a McDonald’s in Altoona, where Mangione was detained on forgery and false identification charges. Prosecutors say the items found in the backpack — including a 9 mm handgun, silencer and notebook — connect Mangione to Thompson’s killing five days earlier in Manhattan. Mangione’s attorneys argue the warrantless search was improper and are seeking to block the evidence, while prosecutors maintain the search followed police protocol and was later validated by a judge’s warrant. Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty in both state and federal cases, where prosecutors allege the gun matches the murder weapon and say writings in the notebook referenced targeting a CEO.
Full Story: https://apnews.com/article/mangione-unitedhealthcare-hearing-evidence-cb21b939cb6966c66b5b46546d75b7de
Judge Orders Release of Immigrant Tied to White House Press Secretary
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An immigration judge on Monday ordered the release of Bruna Ferreira, a 33-year-old Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, while she continues to fight possible deportation. Ferreira, a longtime Massachusetts resident and former fiancée of Leavitt’s brother, was arrested by ICE agents in Revere, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12 as she drove to pick up her son. She was transferred to a Louisiana detention center, where the judge granted her release on $1,500 bond after both sides agreed she was neither a danger nor a flight risk. The Department of Homeland Security described Ferreira as a “criminal illegal alien,” referencing a battery arrest that her attorney disputed. Ferreira, who entered the U.S. as a toddler and previously received DACA protections, will be required to check in regularly with ICE while her case proceeds.
Full Story: https://apnews.com/article/karoline-leavitt-ice-immigrant-detained-50575c83c36dac62f629f396593c0bc8
Where Peace Talks on the Ukraine War Currently Stand
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has launched its most intense diplomatic push yet to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine, but negotiations remain stalled as Russia and Ukraine hold firm to opposing demands. U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and later held talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida in an effort to narrow gaps in a plan critics say favors Moscow. Russia wants international recognition of its control over occupied areas in four Ukrainian regions, as well as Crimea, and insists Ukraine abandon its NATO ambitions and scale back its military. Ukraine has rejected ceding territory, though it has said it would halt fighting along current front lines, and continues to seek security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe. Both sides accuse the other of slowing negotiations, and Trump signaled frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Putin said parts of the U.S. plan remain unacceptable.
Full Story: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-253ff2eb24b2dbd1b1b9d8a2ab20e913
