South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Wednesday a Sturgis man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after being convicted of 11 counts of felony crimes involving five different children.
Lance Lowell Long, 40, was sentenced Monday in Corson County Circuit Court. He had been convicted in May by a Corson County jury of one count of second-degree rape, one count of third-degree rape, one count of fourth-degree rape, three counts of aggravated assault and five counts of abuse of or cruelty to a minor.
Long was sentenced to 50 years in prison on the various rape and assault charges, plus 15 years on the various child abuse charges, which will be served consecutively with the 50-year sentence.
He had previously served time in prison for similar child abuse crimes from Minnehaha County. The Corson County case was prosecuted after the child victims disclosed the abuse to law enforcement in Sioux Falls, officials said in a press release.
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The Corson County case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.
“Our thoughts and support remain with these young victims,” Jackley said. “This was a difficult case to investigate and prosecute, and thank you to those who worked on this case.”