2 accused of officer assaults on Cheyenne Indian Reservation

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Two men have pleaded not guilty to assaulting federal officers in unrelated incidents on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 31-year-old John Johnson of Dupree is accused of assaulting an officer on Aug. 2, and 45-year-old Roderick Dupris of Howes is accused in a May 24 incident.

A trial date was not immediately set in either case.