Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Third Degree Burglary and Aiding and Abetting

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on September 17, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

Henry James Three Legs, age 30, was sentenced to 2 months in federal prison, 10 months of home confinement, 2 years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $23,390.65, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Three Legs was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 17, 2013.  He pled guilty on June 25, 2018.

Three Legs’ conviction is the result of a June 2012 break-in at the Howard V. Johnson Cultural Heritage Center for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Eagle Butte.  Three Legs and Brian One Feather broke into the facility and took approximately $37,420 worth of cultural and craft items belonging to the Cultural Center. 

One Feather was previously sentenced on January 29, 2014, to 18 months in federal prison and 2 years of supervised release for Third Degree Burglary and Aiding and Abetting.

This case was investigated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Miller prosecuted the case.

Three Legs is to turn himself over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on October 1, 2018, at 2:00 p.m.