Crow Creek woman gets plea deal on 1999 petition crimes

In dual deals with prosecutors from the state and from Hughes County for separate cases dating back a decade and a half, a Harrold woman celebrated for her work with American Indian foster children pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single felony count in each of two cases.

Janice Howe, 54, has been jailed without bond in Pierre since her arrest July 13 at gunpoint on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation east of Pierre, said her husband, Louis Adrian.

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