PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - An Onida man has pleaded no contest to
punching a female South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper three times
in the face during a traffic stop north of Pierre about a year ago.
Seventy-seven year old Chester Strickland pleaded
no contest to charges of assaulting a law officer and possessing a
concealed weapon without a permit. Prosecutors dropped a charge of
obstructing a law officer.
Strickland entered his plea on Tuesday, a day before his trial
was to begin. He could face up to three years behind bars when he
is sentenced on Nov. 14.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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