South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg News

South Dakota AG, Widow of Man Struck in Fatal Crash Ink Settlement

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. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest …

South Dakota AG Got Speeding Ticket Days Before Trial Over Deadly Crash

South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days before he pleaded no contest to traffic charges for a car crash that killed a pedestrian last year. Jason Ravnsborg, the state’s top law …

Fines, but no Jail Time for South Dakota AG in Pedestrian Death

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest on Aug. 26 to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he …

South Dakota AG Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Crash Charges

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer. The Republican attorney general did not appear at …

South Dakota AG’s Cellphone Use Before Deadly Crash Questioned

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, …

Report: South Dakota AG Distracted Before Fatal Crash

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 on Nov. 2. Price said 55-year-old Joseph Boever …

South Dakota AG Thought He Hit a Deer; It Was a Man

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late on Sept. 14 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 …