A 35 year old woman from Pierre has been sentenced (May 20, 2022) to prison time for her involvement in a Grand Theft incident last year.
Stanley County State’s Attorney Tom Maher says on April 5, 2021, Crysta Marie Ward and her accomplice, Daniel Puppel stole about $5,000 cash from a lock box taken from an elderly victim’s residence in Fort Pierre. Puppel’s probation for charges in Hughes and Stanley Counties was recently revoked and he was sent to prison.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Maher says because of Ward’s lengthy prior criminal history involving drug offenses, theft and other aggravating factors, Ward was given four years confinement. The judge suspended three of those years, and gave Ward credit for time served. Ward will be required to pay the restitution to the victim’s estate.
The case was investigated by officers from the Stanley County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation.
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