2 McLaughlin Men Sentenced for Separate Assaults on Officers

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two men from McLaughlin have been sentenced in federal court for separate assaults on law officers.

Forty-one-year-old Kirk Flying Horse was recently sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for kicking a Bureau of Indians Affairs officer in the head while being arrested during a disturbance call last July. Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says Flying Horse pleaded guilty to an assault charge last November.

Twenty-two-year-old Brett Claymore also pleaded guilty to an assault charge last November and was recently sentenced to half a year in custody. Seiler says Claymore elbowed a Corson County sheriff's deputy in the chest while being arrested last June for not complying with the deputy's orders.

Claymore will be on supervised release for 1 year and Flying Horse for three years after their prison terms.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.