Waubay Man Sentenced to 20 Months for Federal Assault Conviction
Dawson Roger Locke was sentenced in federal court for firing a handgun and wounding a victim during an argument in Indian Country.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 20, 2026, 12:11 p.m. ET
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Aug 20, 2026, 12:11 p.m. ETFirst report
Waubay Man Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison for Dangerous Weapon Assault
On August 17, 2026, 19-year-old Dawson Roger Locke of Waubay, South Dakota, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon, according to an official record released on August 20, 2026, by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota. U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann also ordered Locke to serve 3 years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. The case status remains open as a developing matter.
According to the official record from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Locke was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2025 and pleaded guilty on June 1, 2026. The conviction arose from an incident on June 28, 2025, in Enemy Swim, South Dakota, where Locke was drinking and got into an argument. During the dispute, Locke pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired three shots toward another young adult, striking the victim in the leg.
U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced the sentence in the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Ebert-Webb under the Major Crimes Act due to the offense occurring in Indian Country. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Police. Locke was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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