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 night detailing his account of the accident, saying it was necessary to dispel rumors. They stopped at the spot of the accident, where Ravnsborg said he discovered Boever’s body in the grass just off the shoulder of the road. They both returned to the accident scene, where Volek said he would handle the investigation and asked Ravnborg to return to Pierre, according to Ravnsborg’s statement.

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'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 …

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 …

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. …

South Dakota police groups call on Ravnsborg to resign
3 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota police groups call on Ravnsborg to resign

Associated Press  

— Three South Dakota law enforcement groups on Friday joined the call for Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to resign, saying his involvement in a September crash that left one man dead has resulted in a lack of confidence. Kristi Noem this week urged Ravnsborg to step down and the state’s Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price spoke out in favor …

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’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,” …

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