On Friday, we asked Is anyone pleased with SD AG Jason Ravnsborg plea deal other than Team Ravnsborg?
South Dakota's top law man didn't even have to show up in court last Thursday for his attorney "to present a no contest plea "to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called 'inexcusable,' Stephen Groves reported for the Associated Press.
The latest Ravnsborg news likely will increase South Dakotans' displeasure.
At Dakota News Now, Austin Goss reports "The Sunday prior to his much anticipated trial South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was pulled over for doing 57 in a 35 mph speed zone."
Lovely. Early Tuesday morning, Goss wrote in SD Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg gets speeding ticket, his 7th since 2014:
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has obtained his seventh speeding ticket in seven years.
The most recent came in Hughes County Sunday, August 22nd at 8:54 PM.
Ravnsborg was charged with one 2nd degree misdemeanor for “Speeding On Other Roadways” while doing 57 mph in a 35 mph speed zone. Ravnsborg has yet to pay the $177.50 fine associated with the ticket, due by September 20th.
At this time, it is unclear which law enforcement office pulled Ravnsborg over, or where they pulled him over.
The ticket came just four days prior to Ravnsborg going to trial to face three 2nd misdemeanor charges for an accident he was involved in last September, that resulted in the death of Joe Boever.
Ravnsborg pled no contest to two of the three charges he faced for his involvement in that accident, and paid fines amounting to over $4,000 while avoiding jail time.
A spokesperson with the Attorney General’s office has not responded to a request for comment on this matter.
The Daily Beast, which has been following the Ravnsborg saga for its national audience, picked up the story in South Dakota Attorney General Who Killed Man in Hit-Run Gets Speeding Ticket. Tracy Connor reports:
Just four days before he was set to stand trial for a fatal hit-and-run accident, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg got a speeding ticket—for going 57 mph in a 35 mph zone.
It was Ravnsborg’s seventh speeding infraction in seven years, according to local media—but hardly his most serious traffic violation.
That came in September 2020 when Ravnsborg rammed his car into Joseph Boever on a highway shoulder while driving home from a Republican Party function.
Ravnsborg, the top law-enforcement officer in the state, left the scene and later told investigators that he thought he had hit an animal. Boever’s body was not found until the next day when he returned to the highway.
During an interrogation, investigators told Ravnsborg that he hit Boever so hard and directly that the dead man’s glasses ended up inside his car.
“That means his face came through your windshield,” a North Dakota Bureau of Investigation agent told Ravnsborg. “His face is in your windshield. Think about it.” . . .
Bluestem wishes Ravnsborg would do more than think about it. We want him to start obeying our state's traffic laws before he kills another person.
Related posts:
- Is anyone pleased with SD AG Jason Ravnsborg plea deal other than Team Ravnsborg?
- Remember Joe Boever: AP reports South Dakota AG Ravnsborg objects to cameras at his trial
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Army Reserve blocks Ravnsborg promotion due to Boever death
- Boever death: Ravnsborg didn't see face coming through glass, flashlight like beacon in grass
- Ravnsborg's lawyer enters not guilty plea; South Dakota Attorney General not present in court
- Joe Boever was killed, but Ravnsborg's attorney claims client suffering is the worst thing ever
- Justice for Joe Boever: Governor Noem calls for AG Ravnsborg's resignation; articles of impeachment filed in South Dakota House
- Attorney General Ravnsborg charged with 3 misdemeanors in crash that killed Joe Boever
- Twitter memorials: 5 months ago, South Dakota Attorney General Ravnsborg killed Joe Boever
- Daily Beast: Ravnsborg killed a man. Family members fear Joe Boever has been forgotten
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Noem supports using grand jury to speed up Ravnsborg killing probe
- States attorneys looking into killing of Joseph Boever by AG Ravnsborg not talking to Noem
- Rapid City Journal: After 4 months, still no decision on whether AG Ravnsborg will be charged for killing Joseph Boever
- AP: Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in SD Attorney General killing of Joseph Boever
- Governor Kristi Noem takes off her positive pants, given pace of Ravnsborg investigation
- Well, that's illuminating: South Dakota Highway Patrol’s accident report on Boever killing
- South Dakota News Watch: Crash experts question Ravnsborg’s car-deer explanation
- SD News Watch: State's criminal & civil traffic laws favor drivers over pedestrians in collisions
- UPDATED: Joe Boever's tragic death on Hwy 14: news digest about Ravnsborg's fatal accident
Photo: The ticket, via SD Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg gets speeding ticket, his 7th since 2014.
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