Alison J. Ramsdell U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the sentencing of Angela Young, a 32-year-old woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced Young to one year and four months in federal prison for charges of child abuse and failure to appear in court. The sentence also includes three years of supervised release and a $200 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Young was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2024 and pleaded guilty on February 26, 2025. The child abuse charge is related to an incident in April 2024 on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation near Mission, South Dakota, where Young assaulted a nine-year-old child by repeatedly punching them.
After her indictment, Young was released on bond but failed to attend a mandatory court hearing on September 30, 2024. This led to an additional indictment for failure to appear.
The prosecution of these cases fell under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Attorney’s Office due to the Major Crimes Act, which requires certain violent crimes occurring in Indian Country to be prosecuted federally rather than at the state level.
The investigations were conducted by Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement and the United States Marshals Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson handled the prosecution.
Following her sentencing on May 19, 2025, Young was immediately taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service.
