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Sioux Falls man gets 33 years for sex trafficking

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls man who acknowledged coercing women into the sex trade was sentenced Monday to 33 1/2 years in prison.
• Tajahn Clinton, 36, also must pay $1,100 in restitution and, after prison, be on supervised release for five years.
• He pleaded guilty May 15 to sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. The plea followed two guilty verdicts in previous months from other men in sex trafficking cases that included some of the same victims, the Argus Leader reported.
• Clinton was initially charged with one count of sex trafficking a child, but the list of charges grew, as did the number of alleged victims.
• He victimized nine people, three of whom were minors, authorities said, and each case involved online prostitution advertisements.
• "Today's sentence demonstrates that sex traffickers will pay a heavy price for victimizing women in South Dakota," said U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson.

SD's oldest resident dies in Watertown at 108

• WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's oldest living resident has died.
• KXLG Radio reports Dorothy Antritter was 108 and died Saturday at Jenkins Living Center in Watertown.
• She was the 2012 and 2013 South Dakota Centenarian of the year and would have celebrated her 109th birthday on Nov. 25th.
• Antritter was born in 1904. Her sister, Ruby Antritter, also lived to 108. She died in June 2012.

10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. KERRY: 'UNDENIABLE' EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE
• His tough language marks the clearest justification yet for U.S. military action against the Syrian regime.

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