Press Release
Kansas Man Sentenced for Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota
PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Lawrence, Kansas, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. The sentencing took place on May 8, 2023. Preston Yankton, 36, was sentenced to time served of approximately 15 months in custody, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Yankton was indicted for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer by a federal grand jury in December of 2021. He pleaded guilty on February 6, 2023. In the early morning hours of November 7, 2021, Yankton was booked into the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Adult Corrections Facility and engaged in destructive, unsanitary behavior while in a cell. Corrections staff determined Yankton should be placed in a restraint chair. Yankton was non-compliant with initial commands that were given through the door and corrections staff entered Yankton’s cell. Yankton remained non-compliant with the commands and became combative. During the struggle, Yankton swung a closed fist and struck one of the corrections officers in the nose. Yankton swung again and struck another corrections officer in the jaw area. Neither corrections officer sustained serious injuries from the assault. This case was investigated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Abby Roesler prosecuted the case. Yankton was released to begin his term of supervised release in Kansas.
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Updated May 10, 2023
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