Pine Ridge Man Found Not Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on June 21, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge man was acquitted of two counts of Sexual Abuse and two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 11, 2021.

Leon Janis, age 37, was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 21, 2019.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys