Rapid City Government News (293 items)

Law enforcement officers will run across the state with Special Olympics athletes, carrying the Flame of Hope to the site of the 2017 Summer Games in Spearfish. Members of local law enforcement and local athletes will pick up the Flame of Hope at Rapid City High School at 2:30 p.m.…

On May 9th, the Rapid City Police Department conducted compliance checks of local alcohol establishments.  A total of 17 establishments were checked and 16 were found to be in compliance. One of the establishments, On the Border (located at 1331 East North Street), sold alcohol to underage police informants. The…

NOTE: This is a press release being sent out by the RCPD on behalf of all of the responding agencies. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 27th, police were called to 1751 Harmony Heights Lane to perform a welfare check on a resident of the apartment complex. When the officer…

On Saturday, April 29th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Rapid City Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your pills for…

On April 16th at around 6:30 p.m., a Rapid City police officer was conducting an extra patrol along the bike path when they were flagged down by a subject who informed the officer about a body seen in Rapid Creek. The subject informed police of the deceased subject’s location. Police…

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, the Rapid City Police Department conducted compliance checks of local alcohol establishments.  A total of 19 establishments were checked and 15 were found to be in compliance. Four of the establishments sold alcohol to underage police informants: Autumn Hills Liquor, located at 5312 Sheridan Lake…

The Rapid City Police Department has secured approval from the Community Reward Fund to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any suspect(s) involved in the disappearance of 21-year-old Larissa Lonehill. The RCPD began investigating Lonehill’s disappearance in early November of 2016. She was…

Following a UNET (Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team) investigation into ongoing suspected drug activity at a Rapid City residence, a search warrant was requested and granted for the residence at 840 N. Spruce Street #122. The search warrant was executed in the afternoon hours of March 31, 2017. The search of…

Six people have been either arrested or cited as the Rapid City Police Department continues to investigate online sex trafficking and those who respond to online advertisements soliciting sexual activity. On March 23rd, six individuals responded to an undercover prostitution sting held at a Rapid City hotel. Their identities and…

On March 20th, the Rapid City Police Department conducted compliance checks of local alcohol establishments.  A total of 18 establishments were checked and all were found to be in compliance. Furnishing alcohol to a minor is a class 2 misdemeanor punishable by 30 days in jail, a $500 fine, or…