6 Teenage Baseball Players Charged as Adults in South Dakota Rape Case Take Plea Deals

Published on July 2, 2024

RAPID CITY, S.D.—Six teenage players from a South Dakota American Legion baseball team who were charged as adults in a rape case last summer have reached plea deals. Three players from the Mitchell-based team pleaded guilty last month to being an accessory to a felony, and three others entered the same plea Monday, KELO-TV reported. All six players could face up to five years in prison at sentencing next month. Attorneys from both sides declined to discuss the case. The players, who were 17 to 19 years old when a grand jury indicted them, were originally charged with second-degree rape and aiding and abetting second-degree rape....

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