Mission Man Acquitted of Strangulation

United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on January 6, 2016.

Thomas Espinoza, age 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 14, 2015.

The charges stemmed from an alleged incident that occurred on June 7, 2015, when Espinoza allegedly assaulted a woman on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation.

The investigation was conducted by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case.