Pine Ridge Man Sentenced for Assaulting Officer

RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer. The sentencing took place on March 29, 2024.

Gregory Wayne Brewer, Jr., 25, was sentenced to two years and eleven months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Brewer was indicted for Assault on a Federal Officer by a federal grand jury in October of 2023. He pleaded guilty on January 5, 2024.

The conviction stems from Brewer assaulting an Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety officer after the officer had arrested him for an unrelated matter.

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

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