June 2024 appears to be a month of reckoning for two former politicos who found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
After his case has been dragging on since mid-January of 2023, with multiple delays as the defense has kicked the can down the road, a former Jones Co. GOP Chair from 2020, Rocky Hayes will have his day in court for multiple charges of possessing child pornography, as the trial date has been replaced by a change of plea hearing set for June 25th at 2pm, according to UJS records.
Hayes was charged after child rape videos were discovered on his dropbox account, as noted by Sioux Falls Live:
After confirming from Midco via subpoena that the IP address belonged to Hayes, investigators continued searching through his Dropbox account, where they found two other files believed to depict child pornography. One file was a 9-second video depicting a girl, estimated to be 13 years old, performing a sex act, and another 15-minute video of a girl, estimated to be 8-10 years old, being raped.
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If convicted on all three counts, he could be sentenced to serve as many as 30 years in prison and pay up to $60,000 in fines.
And that can’t come soon enough.
Speaking of people accused of doing reprehensible things, 
Shad Olson is also scheduled to have another day in court next week, with a motions hearing scheduled for Friday, June 21. If you’ve forgotten what the former newsreader, podcaster and media flak for Gordon Howie and Neal Tapio is accused of, let me remind you:
The victim expressed she felt lucky she was thrown on a carpeted floor, because the alleged assault did not leave her with broken bones.
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From there, the victim said Olson chased after her as she ran away from her home. They had been living together from some time, but she told the officer “she pays for everything in the home while Olson worries about the country,” the documents read.
The officer asked the victim if Olson had assaulted her before, with her replying “yes.”
The victim said Olson, who runs his own far-right, eponymic podcast, is “stressed over politics,” which influences his drinking. She then told the officer Olson blames his political frustrations on her.
Olson is currently facing charges of Domestic Abuse Simple Assault, Domestic Abuse Aggravated Assault (Strangulation), and Domestic Abuse Simple Assaults/recklessly causing bodily injury. The Aggravated Assault charge is a third degree felony, while the other charges are class 1 misdemeanors.
Stay tuned.
WTH How is anyone allowed to drag a child porn case out 18 months?
I hope both of those guys get fair trials, followed by fair sentencing hearings, and a number of years in our fair penitentiary system.
It is probably good that I don’t make the laws or Hayes would quite probably be looking at a fair lethal injection – but that is vengeance, not justice.
Are they trans? Oh, just thought I would check who the actual groomers are.
Not Drag Queens either. Joel Koskan and others including these two. Makes one wonder….
“The victim said Olson, who runs his own far-right, eponymic podcast, is “stressed over politics,” which influences his drinking. She then told the officer Olson blames his political frustrations on her.”
Shad’s buddy Toby up in Aberdeen just posted that “they” meaning him and his diver team are not “Far Right” but they are normal.
You confuse toby with Tapio. Tapio is Shad’s boy. They have been known to interact with each other.
One of the problems I noticed many years ago is the willingness of so many to embrace anyone who wants to be deeply involved in politics. I think that speaks to the positive nature of so many people. However, I’ve run across a number of candidates and others who cling to candidates or parties who have never been vetted. They are accepted and often embraced because they speak with authority, or have a loud voice, or simply offer to help at every turn. And thus, we get guys like Olson and Hayes and Koskan and Paul Erickson, just off the top of my head. We get candidates like Dr. Boz as well. Toby Doeden might be another one. There’s lots of examples out there – some of who even get elected. I’m not suggesting there’s a solution – while candidates often get researched, we can’t background everyone who wants to be involved. But given my experience, I’m highly suspicious of some people who want to run for office or show up with a loud voice wanting to lead a party.
We just watched a group of people try to rally around Phil Jensen.
Far right wing, wingnut, Jodi Frye-Byington, sister of far right wing, wingnut, Julie Frye-Mueller posted bail for Shad Olson. On Taffy Howard’s Facebook page she clarified that by saying she collected money from others, no doubt also wingnuts, to pay his bail, meaning those contributors support domestic violence. THAT info should be magnified and run with.
South Dakota’s own Biff Tannen for Governor 2026
Perhaps the individual who paid Olson’s bail could be his defense counsel. She has all kinds of time now.