United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on March 8, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
Miles Condon, age 25, was sentenced to 36 months of custody on each charge to be served concurrently, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $200.
Condon was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 12, 2016. He pled guilty on December 13, 2016.
The Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury conviction stems from an incident on August 3, 2016, when the victim was walking by Condon’s residence in Dupree. Condon, who had been drinking alcohol, called him over to ask him for some money. A verbal argument ensued between the two men. During the course of the argument, the victim called Condon a derogatory name, and Condon retrieved a golf club that was already outside. The victim began to back away at that point, and Condon continued to swing the golf club and struck the victim above the left ear. The blow caused a 2½” long and ½” wide gash to the victim’s skull. As Condon continued to swing, the victim reached out and grabbed the club, which caused Condon to fall to the ground. The victim left and went to his mother’s house and called the police. The victim was ultimately taken to the emergency room at the Indian Health Service Hospital and then transported to Rapid City Regional Hospital with a skull fracture. When law enforcement responded, Condon resisted arrest.
The Defendant was indicted for the assault on October 12, 2016. On October 13, 2016, law enforcement officials from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Ziebach County Sheriff’s Office went to Condon's house in Dupree to execute the federal arrest warrant stemming from that Indictment. They were let into the home, and found Condon asleep/passed out on the floor of the residence. Condon was advised he was under arrest and handcuffed. He became belligerent and combative, and told the officers he was going to “act up.” While they were walking him to the patrol car, Condon began grinding his teeth, stiffened up, and was dragging his feet to the point where the officers had to drag him in order to move him in the direction of where their patrol cars were parked. They told Condon to relax several times. When they got to the patrol car, they leaned Condon over the trunk so they could get the back door open. Condon slammed his head down on the trunk of the patrol car twice before they were able to pull him away. The officers decided to put leg irons on Condon, and when one of the officers stepped away to open the trunk of the patrol car and retrieve the leg irons, Condon attempted to jerk away from, and struggled with another one of the officers. Condon was taken to the ground and leg irons were put on him.
Condon was transported to the Cheyenne River Adult Detention Facility to be booked into the jail. There, he became combative and belligerent with Detention staff. As they were leading him from the patrol car into the booking area, Condon again tensed up and was verbally abusive. Condon refused to cooperate as the detention officer attempted to search him. They physically placed him onto the counter of the booking area so they could finish searching Condon. Once the search was complete, Condon was taken into a holding cell. After one of the detention officers removed one of the leg restraints, Condon kicked the detention officer on the right side of his face/head, near his eye, knocking off the correctional officer’s glasses. The detention officers completed swapping out the leg restraints and then exited the holding cell.
This case was investigated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the Ziebach County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Miller prosecuted the case.
Condon was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.