United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
Nicholas Otter Robe, age 20, was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2020, to 5 years of probation, ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund, and $40,700 in restitution.
Otter Robe was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2018. The charge related to Otter Robe causing extensive damage to a Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet Suburban on June 2, 2018, at the Pine Ridge School. Otter Robe then broke a window to gain entrance to the school and entered various offices and multiple classrooms, leaving a path of destruction to federal and school property in his wake. Otter Robe caused in excess of $40,700 damage to the vehicles and federal and/or Pine Ridge School property.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Kelderman prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
