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• Owens, at age 17, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the 1998 killing of David Paul Bauman with a hammer. Owens and another teen went to Bauman's house to steal $9,000.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says it issued 260 citations to drivers across the state on Tuesday as part of a campaign targeting motorists ahead of the July 4 holiday.
• Nearly 780 warnings also were given out to drivers during the "Operation Safe" campaign. Troopers also responded to two injury crashes, nine non-injury crashes and assisted 49 motorists stranded on the highway.
• Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Craig Price says the campaign shows that troopers are working to prevent speeding, encourage seatbelt use and reduce alco

hol-related crashes.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Two Fort Thompson men have been sentenced to prison for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson has announced that 22-year-old Alphonso Drapeau, III, has been sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a second-degree murder charge. His brother, 20-year-old Gavin Drapeau, pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to four years and 9 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
• Both men were ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in restitution.
• Prosecutors say the two men struck the victim in the head and face before repeatedly stomping on the victim's head. The victim was pronounced dead several days later.
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• WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a man died at Lake Kampeska in northeastern South Dakota over the Fourth of July.
• Officers with the Game, Fish, and Parks Department say 41-year-old Harvey

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