U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official Website
U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official Website
A Winner, South Dakota man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of abusive sexual contact with a child. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Shulte handed down the sentence to Clayton Spotted Calf, age 30, on August 5, 2025.
Spotted Calf will also serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and must pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2024 and pleaded guilty on April 14, 2025.
The conviction is related to incidents that took place between April 2015 and June 2017 in Todd County, South Dakota, within the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. According to court documents, Spotted Calf engaged in sexual contact with a child who was between six and eight years old at the time.
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell stated: "This matter was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office because the Major Crimes Act, a federal statute, mandates that certain violent crimes alleged to have occurred in Indian Country be prosecuted in Federal court as opposed to State court."
The investigation was conducted by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson led the prosecution.
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 by coordinating resources across federal, state, and local agencies. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at https://www.justice.gov/psc.
Spotted Calf was immediately remanded into custody following sentencing.
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