PIERRE – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Sexual Abuse as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on October 14, 2022.
Buddy Robert Poor Bear, a/k/a Bud Poor Bear, age 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury in July of 2021.
The charge related to an alleged incident that occurred on April 15, 2021, in Todd County, South Dakota.
The investigation was conducted by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case.