A current South Dakota Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison for assaulting a Corrections Department employee.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says 34 year old Christopher Angelo Alexander entered a guilty plea in Bon Homme County Circuit Court (Oct. 1, 2024) to one count of Simple Assault Against a Department of Corrections employee. Jackley says the incident occurred in March (March 23, 2024, at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.
Alexander’s new sentence will be served following his current prison sentences of of two years for Simple Assault 3rd offense, two years for Possession of Controlled Substance, and five years, with one year suspended, for Burglary in the 3rd degree. All the charges are from Pennington County.
The case was investigated by the Department of Corrections Special Investigation Unit. The Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case.
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