Case sealed in arrest of South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack [View all]
Tweet text:
Jeremy Fugleberg
@jayfug
So apparently:
- South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack was arrested, then released from jail during the first week of the legislative session
- We're just finding out about it
- We don't know what happened
- The case remains under seal
Case sealed in arrest of South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) Gary Cammack of Union Center serves District 29 which includes Butte, Meade, and Pennington Counties. He was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2021.
keloland.com
5:14 PM · Oct 12, 2021
https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/case-sealed-in-arrest-of-south-dakota-senate-majority-leader-gary-cammack/
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) Gary Cammack of Union Center serves District 29 which includes Butte, Meade, and Pennington Counties. He was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2021.
According to a state website, he was released from jail just a week into the 2020 legislative session on January 19th. The Meade County Clerk of Courts office tells KELOLAND News the case is sealed and it would take a judges order to unseal it. So, it is unclear exactly where he was arrested, why he was arrested, and what time of day it happened.
We reached out to the prosecutor in the case. Alex Weiss is a Deputy States Attorney for Pennington County, she tells us because the case is sealed she cannot comment on it. She does say sealing a case is not uncommon in a suspended imposition of sentence and that once sealed, someone would have to petition the courts to unseal it. In other words, it would take a judges order.
The State Attorney Generals office says they have not been consulted on the case, and it would stay in the hands of the local States Attorney unless they requested assistance for conflict of interest or some other reason.
*snip*