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agers from the Yankton Sioux reservation.
SD man gets prison time in witness tampering case
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A southern South Dakota man accused of pressuring a relative to withhold information from authorities investigating a sexual assault case has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
• The U.S. Attorney General in South Dakota on Wednesday announced the sentence against 21-year-old Ian James Burning Breast. He had pleaded guilty to a witness tampering charge.
• The Parmelee man was also ordered to five years of supervised release.
• Authorities say Burning Breast sexually assaulted a relative in January 2013. The relative reported the abuse, and later Burning Breast was recorded on a phone call improperly pressuring the relative to withhold information from investigators.
• Authorities say Burning Breast was paroled on November 2012 for another crime, moved to the Rosebud Indian Reservation and didn't comply with the terms of his release.
Suspect denies guilt in reservation murder case
MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
• BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- One of two suspects in the killing of a single mother on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of murder and aggravated sexual abuse.
• Clad in white prison garb and shackles, Garrett Sidney Wadda entered his plea at a hearing attended by dozens of relatives of victim Hanna Harris, 21, who disappeared on July 4. Her body was found four days later southwest of Lame Deer.
• Several relatives of Harris broke into sobs as Wadda entered the courtroom flanked by U.S. marshals.
• "I just hate him, knowing that he's guilty," Theda Foote, the victim's grandmother, said outside court. "It isn't closure yet, but at least we're one step closer to closure."
• Authorities have been tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding the death of Harris, and an indictment filed in the case offered few details.
• The charge of aggravated sexual abuse indicates that authorities believe Wadda forced the victim to engage in a sexual act.
• Co-defendant Eugenia Ann Rowland was arrested and detained last week in South Dakota. She faces a count of second-degree murder. Both defendants face (Continued on page 21)
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