“This was a serious, egregious assault. It’s more disturbing you went along with the co-defendant,” Judge Chris Giles said to Damond Baldwin, who was sentenced for his role in a motel room assault
“Mr. Wermers decided to take the law into his own hands. He set this up. He got the other person involved,” prosecuting attorney Robert O'Keefe said of Michael Wermers
Two Mitchell women charged for their roles in the rape of a minor entered guilty pleas on Tuesday during Davison County felony court proceedings, with one pleading guilty to pimping and the other suspect pleading guilty to fourth-degree rape of a minor.
During Tuesday’s felony court proceedings, a Lake Andes woman charged for violating probation said she fled from a treatment facility due to fears of being “sex trafficked” from the treatment center after other patients informed her of alleged sex trafficking reports.