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• Another focus of the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2012 was in human trafficking. Johnson said South Dakota is not immune from the growing problem.
• "We have seen young girls recruited from our communities and then groomed by pimps to perform commercial sex acts," he said. "The girls quickly find themselves locked into a world of violence and degradation, but threats, fraud and coercion from the pimps make it extremely difficult for them to leave."
• The annual report detailed the prosecution of two men who attempted to buy sex from undercover officers who they believed were underage girls. Both were successfully prosecuted.
• Another man, from Chicago, was also found guilty of sex trafficking charges.
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New trial set for SD manslaughter suspect
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A new trial has been scheduled for a Sioux Falls woman convicted of manslaughter in a drunken crash that killed another person.
• Thirty-year-old Tammy Kvasnicka (kay-VAYS'-nihk-uh) was sentenced earlier to serve 60 years in prison for the July 2010 crash in which authorities say she drove the wrong way on Interstate 229 in Sioux Falls while drunk and hit an oncoming car.
• The state Supreme Court overturned her conviction in March, saying it was improper for a police officer who testified during her trial to compare the force of the crash to more than 900 handguns being fire at once.
• Defense attorneys say a lesser charge of vehicular homicide is more appropriate than manslaughter in the case.
• Kvasnicka's new trial is scheduled for Aug. 20-30.
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Body of missing 83-year-old man found in SD field
• CORSICA, S.D. (AP) -- An 83-year-old South Dakota man who was missing for about five weeks has been found dead in a field near the southeastern town of Corsica.
• The sheriff's offices in Charles Mix and Douglas counties are investigating the death of Harold Cavier, of Ravinia. His body was found Wednesday. Details were not immediately released.
• Cavier had not been seen since March 26. Authorities said at the time that Cavier had a variety of medical conditions and they did not believe he had his medications with him.
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