RAPID CITY, SD—U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man charged with abusive
sexual contact of a child was sentenced on January 25, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Richard H.
Battey. Raymond Anthony Clifford, age 50, of Pine Ridge, was sentenced to 120 months’
imprisonment and supervised release for the term of his natural life.
Clifford was indicted for abusive sexual contact of a child and aggravated sexual abuse
of a child by a federal grand jury on September 22, 2009. Between September 1, 2001, and July
31, 2006, Clifford knowingly engaged in and caused inappropriate sexual contact with a child who
had not attained the age of 12. In January or February of 1999, Clifford engaged in sexual contact
with a child who was approximately 7 or 8 years old. Clifford pled guilty on October 26, 2010, to
a two-count superseding information charging him with abusive sexual contact.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carolyn Olson
and Eric Kelderman prosecuted the case.
Clifford was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
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