Uhre found guilty of two of three simple assault charges

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - A Pennington County jury found 76-year-old Connie Uhre of Rapid City guilty Friday night of two of three simple assault charges she was facing.

The jury got the case Friday afternoon after the completion of a two-day trial.

Uhre was accused of spraying three people with Pledge while they were protesting at the Grand Gateway Hotel on May 22, 2022. Uhre is one of the owners of the hotel.

Native American activists and their supporters had been holding a demonstration to protest a controversial Facebook comment, in which Uhre claimed that she would “no longer allow” Native Americans at the hotel after a deadly shooting there.

Uhre faces up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine for each of the convictions when she’s sentenced.

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