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FORT PIERRE-Opening statements were given Wednesday morning at the Stanley County Courthouse in the jury trial of a Hamill man charged with murdering a woman in June 2017.
For the rest of the week, the state will try to prove that Chance Harruff is guilty of the first- or second-degree murder or manslaughter of Kristi Olson. Next week, the defense will make the case that Harruff did not kill Olson, and that no one else did, either.
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Following a hearing Wednesday afternoon, the case of a Mitchell man accused of murder will continue to include the statements he made to law enforcement after he was arrested.
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ARMOUR-One of the men accused of backdating contracts between the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative and the American Indian Institute for Innovation accepted a plea bargain Friday morning.
Dan Guericke, Mid-Central’s former executive director, pleaded guilty to and was convicted of one count of falsifying evidence, a Class 6 felony, at the Douglas County Courthouse. In exchange, the state dropped five additional felony charges against Guericke.
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