South Dakota official: Fatal crash may have been suicide
3 years, 5 months ago

South Dakota official: Fatal crash may have been suicide

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s attorney general is attempting to access any psychiatric or psychological records of the man he struck and killed along a highway, alleging in court documents that the death may have been a suicide. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces three misdemeanor charges related to his driving when he struck and killed Joe Boever the night of Sept. 12. Ravnsborg’s attorney, Tim Rensch, disputes law enforcement’s findings that Boever was struck on the shoulder of the highway and instead believes he was hit on the roadway, according to the court filing. “The fact the attorney general is stigmatizing someone who may have been diagnosed with depression is troubling and insulting.” Ravnsborg told officials he never saw Boever and thought he struck a deer.

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South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg removed from office after killing a constituent: report
2 years, 6 months ago

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg removed from office after killing a constituent: report

Raw Story  

The South Dakota Senate sustained the impeachment of Attorney General and removed him from office on Tuesday, the Rapid City Journalreported. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg fatally ran over Joe Boever on Sept. 12, 2020. The crimes and malfeasance all stem from a September 12, 2020, crash where Ravnsborg’s private car struck and killed Joe Boever, who was walking on the …

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash
2 years, 8 months ago

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal. In narrowly voting to impeach the state’s top prosecutor, the Republican-controlled House charged Ravnsborg with committing crimes that caused someone’s death, making “numerous …

'At least the guy was a Democrat': Text sent to Republican AG who killed man with his car sparks outrage
2 years, 9 months ago

'At least the guy was a Democrat': Text sent to Republican AG who killed man with his car sparks outrage

Raw Story  

On Thursday, The Daily Beast reported that a GOP political strategist sent a message to South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg days after he committed a fatal hit-and-run with his car, mocking the deceased victim for his political affiliation. "This week, South Dakota Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price said Ravnsborg received a text message from an unnamed political …

South Dakota attorney general, widow ink deal in fatal crash
3 years, 3 months ago

South Dakota attorney general, widow ink deal in fatal crash

Associated Press  

— The widow of a man who died last year after being struck by a car driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has reached an out-of-court settlement after threatening a lawsuit, the two sides confirmed Wednesday. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to a pair of traffic misdemeanors in the crash that killed Joseph Boever, who was walking alongside a …

Trump-loving attorney general to take plea deal in fatal crash that divided South Dakota Republicans
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump-loving attorney general to take plea deal in fatal crash that divided South Dakota Republicans

Raw Story  

Jason Ravnsborg, the pro-Trump Republican attorney general of South Dakota, will take a plea deal in his criminal case stemming from a crash last year in which he killed a man walking along a rural highway. Kludt's in-depth story, published hours before news broke of Ravnsborg's plea deal, notes that the case "has consumed South Dakota's political class" and "caused …

Police grilled South Dakota AG on phone use before crash
3 years, 10 months ago

Police grilled South Dakota AG on phone use before crash

Associated Press  

— Investigators questioning South Dakota’s attorney general after a fatal car crash pressed him on how he did not realize he had struck a man and whether he had been reading email and checking news sites on his phone immediately before, according to videos of their interviews. Kristi Noem late Tuesday, criminal investigators confront the state’s top law enforcement officer, …

South Dakota House moves to impeach AG after fatal crash
3 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota House moves to impeach AG after fatal crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota House lawmakers on Tuesday began impeachment proceedings against the state’s attorney general, who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car and is already under pressure to resign. Michael Moore, the Beadle County State’s Attorney who is assisting in the case, said Monday that when Ravnsborg was interviewed by law enforcement following …

South Dakota House leaders weigh impeachment of AG in crash
3 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota House leaders weigh impeachment of AG in crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota lawmakers are considering impeaching the state’s attorney general as he faces misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car, Republican legislative leaders said Monday. Rep. Tim Goodwin, a Republican whip whose job is to gain support from his fellow lawmakers, said Ravnsborg should resign and that lawmakers are considering impeachment if he doesn’t. South …

Widow of man killed in South Dakota AG crash plans to sue
3 years, 10 months ago

Widow of man killed in South Dakota AG crash plans to sue

Associated Press  

— The widow of the man who died after being struck by the South Dakota attorney general’s car will file a wrongful death lawsuit, her attorneys said Friday. Prosecutors announced Thursday that they charged the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, with three misdemeanors but no felonies in the death of 55-year-old Joseph Boever. Lawyers for the …

South Dakota’s AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash
3 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota’s AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s Republican attorney general was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last summer, avoiding more serious felony charges in a case that raised questions about how the state’s top law enforcement official first reported the crash. “At best, his conduct was negligent, which is insufficient to bring criminal charges in …

Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in AG crash
4 years ago

Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in AG crash

Associated Press  

— A team of prosecutors is waiting for testing results on a piece of debris that may indicate where the South Dakota attorney general’s car was when he struck and killed a man over three months ago, a prosecutor said Monday. The Department of Public Safety, which oversaw the investigation, has reported it handed over all its findings to prosecutors, …

Attorney general speaks publicly about fatal crash
4 years ago

Attorney general speaks publicly about fatal crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said he’s confident he didn’t commit a crime when he struck and killed a man as he drove along a dark highway in September. It’s the first time Ravnsborg has talked publicly about the crash that killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever along Highway 14 near Highmore. Ravnsborg called 911 that night and told a …

Report: South Dakota official distracted before fatal crash
4 years, 2 months ago

Report: South Dakota official distracted before fatal crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed a pedestrian in September, state Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price said Monday. Price said 55-year-old Joseph Boever was walking on the side of the road and displaying some type of light on the night of Sept. 12 when …

South Dakota AG told 911 he hit ‘something’ in fatal crash
4 years, 2 months ago

South Dakota AG told 911 he hit ‘something’ in fatal crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg told a 911 dispatcher that he had hit “something” in the middle of the road the night he struck and killed a pedestrian, according to a recording of a 911 call authorities released Tuesday. When a 911 dispatcher asked if could have been a deer, Ravnsborg said at first, “I have no idea” …

South Dakota AG was frequent traveler before fatal crash
4 years, 3 months ago

South Dakota AG was frequent traveler before fatal crash

Associated Press  

— For South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg spending Saturday driving hundreds of miles on the state’s roads was not unusual. It was Ravnsborg’s dutiful attendance of these events that propelled him from being a GOP outsider to winning the party’s nomination for attorney general, said Republican state Sen. Lance Russell, who ran against him in 2018. “He’s pretty vanilla,” …

South Dakota’s top attorney says found body day after crash
4 years, 3 months ago

South Dakota’s top attorney says found body day after crash

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late Monday that he realized he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day and discovering the body. Ravnsborg said Sunday he was “shocked and filled with sorrow.” He released a second statement on Monday …

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