Madison WIllis

1 week ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Amelia Schafer |Madison WIllis

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2 weeks ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Madison WIllis |Mike Brownlee

The Rapid City Police Department has confirmed the name of a man killed Tuesday evening. Francis Tobacco, 55, died at the hospital after a stabbing that occurred around 7 p.m. in the 400 block of Sixth Street in downtown Rapid City. Diontae Eagleman, 22, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to the Rapid City Police Department. Eagleman made his initial appearance in Pennington County Court on Friday.

4 weeks ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Amelia Schafer |Madison WIllis

RAPID CITY —A federal grand jury has charged Ellsworth Airman Quinterius Charles Chappelle, 24, with first-degree murder in the death of a Lakota woman on the Air Force base. Chappelle allegedly murdered 21-year-old Sahela Sangrait/DuBray with "premeditation and malice aforethought" on or about Aug. 11, according to the indictment. Friends and family of Sangrait, Cheyenne River Lakota, said they last interacted with her on Aug.

1 month ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Amelia Schafer |Madison WIllis

A federal grand jury has charged Ellsworth Airman Quinterius Charles Chappelle, 24, with first-degree murder in the death of a Lakota woman on the Air Force base. Chappelle allegedly murdered 21-year-old Sahela Sangrait/DuBray with "premeditation and malice aforethought" on or about Aug. 11, according to the indictment. Friends and family of Sangrait, Cheyenne River Lakota, said they last interacted with her on Aug. 10 and had been attempting to report her missing to law enforcement since then.

1 month ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Amelia Schafer |Madison WIllis

An Ellsworth Air Force Base airman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Monday afternoon. Quinterius Charles Chappelle, 24, appeared before Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann. Chappelle is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Sahela Sangrait, a Cheyenne River Lakota woman living in Box Elder. According to the criminal complaint, the incident took place on Aug. 11, 2024.