Kyle Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Assaulting a Woman Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.  The sentencing took place on October 31, 2025.

Channing Little Whiteman, 39, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $200 in special assessments to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Little Whiteman was indicted on six counts of assault by a federal grand jury in March 2025.  He pleaded guilty on July 16, 2025.  Little Whiteman pleaded guilty to two of the assaults, occurring on different days.

On May 13, 2024, Little Whiteman and his girlfriend were drinking when an argument ensued in which Little Whiteman accused her of cheating on him.  Law enforcement was dispatched to their residence.  Little Whiteman assaulted the victim with a bat and a cigarette resulting in a fractured leg and a cigarette burn to the victims’ thigh.

On November 5, 2024, Little Whiteman and his girlfriend were drinking when an argument ensued.  Little Whiteman again accused his girlfriend of cheating on him.  Little Whiteman grabbed a metal chair and struck the victim in the face with the chair, causing her orbital bone and maxillary sinus to fracture.  The victim suffered a large laceration under her eye and was unable to see until the swelling decreased as her eye was nearly swollen shut.  At the time the victim was injured she was seven months pregnant.

This matter was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office because the Major Crimes Act, a federal statute, mandates that certain violent crimes alleged to have occurred in Indian country be prosecuted in federal court as opposed to State court.

This case was investigated by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Poppen prosecuted the case.

Little Whiteman was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.