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by a federal grand jury in November and pleaded guilty in April.
•  He was turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
•  The case was investigated by the Martin Police Department, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Authorities: Robby Knievel arrested on DUI charge

•  DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) -- The daredevil son of Evel Knievel has been arrested on a drunken driving charge in South Dakota.
•  Meade County Chief Deputy Tom Wilts told the Rapid City Journal (http://bit.ly/149SfWI ) that Robbie Knievel drove his motorhome into a couple of parked vehicles at the Buffalo Chip Campground, a popular spot during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
•  Wilts says the incident Tuesday evening property damage. Knievel was stopped a later by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper in Boulder Canyon and taken to the Lawrence County Jail.
•  Authorities say Knievel pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-offense DUI and was released with his driver's license suspended for 30 days and fined about $600.
•  Kenievel's spokeswoman, Charmaine Blake, tells The Associated Press in an email that Knievel had been drinking but denied he was intoxicated.
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Sioux Falls mother pleads guilty to drug charge

•  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls woman charged with drug possession and child neglect after a December fire that killed her three children pleaded guilty Thursday to the drug charge as part of a plea deal.
•  Rhiannon White, 35, also entered an Alford plea to a charge of child neglect. An Alford plea lets a defendant maintain innocence while admitting that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict.
•  Other charges against White were dropped as a part of the plea deal.
•  Judge Bradley Zell said Thursday that he will take time to review the child neglect charge to see if it is applicable.
•  Minnehaha County Deputy State's Attorney Tom Hensley said White was having an affair with her methamphetamine dealer and smoked the drug with him hours before the blaze. When firefighters arrived, White was unsure how many children were inside the burning rental house, the Argus Leader reported.
•  "The investigators spent quite a bit of time looking for a fourth victim, and they

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