August 23, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

State Prison Inmates Placed on Escape Status

PIERRE, S.D.- Two state prison inmates have been placed on escape status for leaving their community service job site in Pierre without authorization today.

Inmates Tahnasha Stricker and Christy First In Trouble took a vehicle from the job site. It is a silver or gray Dodge Dakota pickup with the license plate number CD205.

Both Stricker and First In Trouble are Native American females.

Stricker, age 31, is 5-feet-4 inches tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds. She is serving a 1-year sentence from Hughes County for unauthorized ingestion of a controlled substance and a 6-year, 3-month, 20-day sentence from Minnehaha County for possession of a controlled substance.

First in Trouble, age 33, is 5-feet-6 inches tall and weighs approximately 230 pounds. She is serving a 2-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance and a 2-year sentence for failure to appear, both from Pennington County, and a 5-year sentence with 3 years suspended out of Mellette County for unauthorized ingestion of a controlled substance.

If you see either inmate or the vehicle, contact law enforcement immediately.

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