United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a
Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for
aggravated sexual abuse of a child and for abusive sexual contact.
Storm Gaylord Blue, age 25, was indicted on December 4,
2018. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate
Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 5, 2019, and pled not guilty to the
Indictment.
According to the Indictment, in October 2017, in Roberts
County, South Dakota, Blue engaged in forcible sexual acts with a child. The
maximum penalties upon conviction for each count are as follows: life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both;
a mandatory minimum term of five (5) years, up to life, of supervised release;
$100 special assessment for victim/witness fund; $5,000 assessment to the
domestic trafficking fund; and restitution may be ordered.
The charges are merely accusations and Blue is presumed
innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by the
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Sioux Tribe’s Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney
Jeremy R. Jehangiri is prosecuting the case.
Blue was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals
Service. A trial date of May 14, 2019,
has been set.
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