Man Convicted Raping, Kidnapping Child

     PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A jury has convicted a 34-year-old South
Dakota man of kidnapping and raping a child more than a decade ago.
     South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says that a Tripp
County jury found Gabriel D. Medicine Eagle Jr., guilty Tuesday of
second and third-degree rape, sexual contact with a child under the
age of 16 and kidnapping.
     Prosecutors say Medicine Eagle kidnapped and raped a child in
the Winner area in September 2000.
     The sexual contact charge and third-degree rape charges each
carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. The maximum penalty
for the second-degree rape charge is 25 years, while Medicine Eagle
faces 50 years for the kidnapping charge.
     Sentencing is set for Jan. 5 in Tripp County.