Sioux Empire Today

A South Dakota man has been sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann delivered the sentence on November 4, 2024, in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Lance Quintin Longie, aged 42, will serve three years and nine months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He is also required to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Longie was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024 and found guilty at trial on August 5, 2024. His obligation to register stems from a previous conviction for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree in Minnesota's Clay County District Court in 2004.

In the summer of 2022, Longie was living in Moorhead, Minnesota, and last registered with local police on June 29 of that year. He later moved to New Effington, South Dakota but failed to update his registration until his arrest by Roberts County Sheriff's officers on March 22, 2024.

The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project coordinates efforts across federal, state, and local levels to prosecute offenders and rescue victims.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service with Assistant U.S. Attorney Beau Blouin prosecuting the case. Longie remains in custody under the U.S. Marshals Service as he serves his sentence.