Two found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor

U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 3, Bruce B. Kills In Water, Jr., 21, of Little Eagle, S.D., and Robin Iron Shield, 22, of Cannonball, N.D., were found guilty by a federal jury in separate counts of sexual abuse of a minor.

In about April 2010 Iron Shield and a 13-year-old juvenile met on an internet social networking site. Iron Shield and the juvenile continued to communicate thereafter through the network site and text-messaging. When the juvenile and another 13-year-old juvenile ran away from their home in July 2010, they contacted Iron Shield to pick them up in the area of Parshall, N.D. Iron Shield and Kills In Water Jr. traveled

from Fort Yates, N.D., to Parshall, picked up the juveniles and returned with them to an apartment in Fort Yates. Iron Shield and Kills In Water Jr., each engaged in a sexual act with one of the juveniles, authorities said.

The charge of sexual abuse of a minor carries a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs - Standing Rock

Agency, the U.S. Park Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Sentencing has not been scheduled.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Volk is prosecuting the case.

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