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dem Wald said. "Obviously, that didn't happen."
• But Justice John Konenkamp questioned the prosecutor about whether Diaz was treated as a suspect during the questioning, as authorities inform suspects, not witnesses, of their Miranda rights.
• "Witnesses don't have a right to remain silent," Konenkamp said.
• The Supreme Court will issue its written opinion later.

2 men get prison for 3 SD county burglary spree

• PIERPONT, S.D. (AP) -- A judge sentenced two men to prison time for a three-county burglary spree in northeast South Dakota.
• According to court reports, 18-year-old Joey Severson, of Pierpont, pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and was sentenced to eight years, with three years suspended.
• KELO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/18GEqFi ) that 19-year-old Kris Freudenthal, of Hecla, pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary and received a four-year prison sentence.
• Law enforcement officers from Day, Marshall and Brown counties arrested the men in August after the crime spree involving businesses and homes.
• The judge also ordered the men to pay for damages.

Prison walkaways from Rapid City back in custody

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Two South Dakota prison inmates who walked away from a community service work assignment last week in Rapid City are back in custody.
• The Department of Corrections says 21-year-old Lucas Odle and 33-year-old Joseph Larson were picked up in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colo., on Friday, a day after they took off.
• Odle's serving time for possession of a controlled substance out of Meade County. Larson is in prison for grand theft convictions in Butte and Pennington counties.

South Dakota crash near Wagner kills 2 people

• WAGNER, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota authorities say two people have died in a one-vehicle crash on a gravel road near Wagner.
• The Highway Patrol says 32-year-old Stephanie Jo Thompson, of Dell Rapids, was driving southbound when she lost control of the vehicle, which entered a ditch and rolled Sunday morning. She was wearing a seatbelt, but was partially ejected from the vehicle and died.
• A passenger in the vehicle, 34-year-old Derek Gavin Weston, of Dell Rapids, was not wearing a seatbelt. He died after being thrown from the vehicle.


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