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were fighting combat in Afghanistan."
• The Sept. 12 call criticized Lust and Gosch for their vote on the same bill, the affidavit said.
• The calls stated that they were paid for and authorized by Veterans Against Unethical Politicians.
• Gortmaker said in the affidavit that investigators traced the phone number to a prepaid cellphone bought at a Sioux Falls Walmart with Willard's credit card.
• On Sept. 22, Jackley received an anonymous email saying that a single veteran paid for their editorial opinions to be expressed by an automated communication system at a cost of just over $292.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Secretary of State Jason Gant asked Jackley in September to investigate automated phone calls criticizing Republican legislative leaders for supposedly not adhering to the party's principles.
• Daugaard and Gant, both Republicans, said they wanted to know who was behind the calls and whether they violated state campaign disclosure laws. The anonymous campaign also included letters, postcards and emails. At the time, Daugaard called those behind the calls "cowards."
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Jury finds SD man guilty of sex abuse charges
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A jury has found a South Dakota man guilty of two sex-related crimes but not guilty of kidnapping in two incidents near Dupree.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Tuesday that 31-year-old Patrick Brown Thunder, of Eagle Butte, was convicted last week of sex with a minor and sexual abuse of a person incapable of consenting. Brown Thunder was found not guilty of one count of sexual abuse and a kidnapping charge.
• The charges stem from two incidents that occurred in April 2006 and March 2008.
• Brown Thunder faces up to life in prison and a $250,000 fine for the sex abuse charge and 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the sex with a minor charge.
• Brown Thunder's lawyer, Dana Hanna, says his client plans to appeal.
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6 more plead not guilty in South Dakota fraud case
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Six more people accused of stealing identities and using them to fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds have pleaded not guilty in federal court in South Dakota.
• Four of the six are former University of South Dakota football players. One of (Continued on page 30)
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