PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Winner, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary. The sentencing took place on April 15, 2024.

Anthony Arellano, age 21, was sentenced to time served from his arrest on June 15, 2023, through June 14, 2024, equal to approximately one year in custody, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Arellano was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,665.00.

Arellano was indicted by a federal grand jury in August of 2023. He pleaded guilty on January 8, 2024.

In the early morning hours of June 1, 2023, Arellano broke into a store in Rosebud, South Dakota, and stole several hundred dollars' worth of merchandise. Arellano was identified on surveillance video from the scene and was arrested at a residence in St. Francis, South Dakota, on June 15, 2023.

This case was investigated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.

This matter was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office because the Major Crimes Act, a federal statute, mandates that certain violent crimes alleged to have occurred in Indian Country be prosecuted in federal court as opposed to State court.

Arellano was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.