Man Pleads Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact
| U.S. Attorney’s Office February 07, 2011 |
RAPID CITY, SD—U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Charles Dean Anaya, age 38, of Kyle, appeared before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on January 21, 2011, and pled guilty to a superseding information that charged him with abusive sexual contact. The maximum penalty upon conviction is six years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Between January 2004 and July 2004, Anaya had sexual contact with a child. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn G. Olson.
A presentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing date was set for May 6, 2011. The defendant was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing.