A man from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a beating incident off the reservation.

Dakota Garnier, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of rioting. Charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault and aggravated riot were dropped.

The June 2005 incident in Hot Springs heightened racial tensions. The beating victims were non-Indian.

Garnier and his brother, Dirk Garnier, then fled to the reservation. The Oglala Sioux Tribe requested an extradition compact before turning them over to state authorities. An agreement was never executed.

State police eventually arrested Dakota Garnier when he left the reservation for an appointment at a health clinic in Rapid City. Dirk Garnier is still wanted on aggravated assault charges.

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Man gets 10 years in Hot Springs beating case (The Rapid City Journal 9/8)

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