Sunday,  July 22, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 008 • 19 of 27 •  Other Editions

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Ex-tribal council member receives 1-month sentence

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A former Crow Creek tribal council member has been sentenced on accusations he concealed information from authorities investigating a bribery conspiracy on the South Dakota reservation.
• Loren "Rocky" Fallis pleaded guilty earlier to misprision of a felony. The U.S. attorney's office says the 58-year-old Fallis lied about a meeting in October 2008 where a contractor allegedly divided cash between several current and former members of the council.
• U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange sentenced Fallis to one month in custody.
• The U.S. attorney's office says the case is the last involving corruption and brib

ery on the reservation. Four other participants in the 2008 meeting were sentenced earlier to prison terms ranging from 15 months to 10 yearrs.

Police investigating drive-by shooting of SD house

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Police are investigating an early morning drive-by shooting of a Rapid City home. No injuries were reported.
• Police say the residents were asleep inside the house when the shooting occurred about 4:50 a.m. Saturday.
• Authorities recovered seven shell casings. Four rounds entered the house.
• Police say one round was found lodged in the armrest of a couch in the living room where a child slept.
• Witnesses describe the suspect vehicle as a light gray or silver SUV.

Police say no foul play in discovery of 2 bodies

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities in Rapid City who responded to a report of a body floating in a park pond discovered the body of a second man who apparently hung himself.
• A police spokeswoman says the deaths appear to be unrelated and no foul play is suspected.
• Police were called at 5:45 a.m. Saturday when a passer-by spotted a body floating in the Roosevelt Park pond. It appears the man had been in the water for several days.
• Fire department personnel leaving the scene came upon the body of a second

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