RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — A man KELOLAND News previously reported on is headed to federal prison, convicted of ‘Accessory After the Fact’.
Charles Brings Plenty, age 32, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,938.48 in restitution and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund due to his involvement in the 2023 murder case of CJ Grass Jr.
Brings Plenty was indicted for the charges of Second-Degree Murder and False Statement by a
federal grand jury in August of 2023. He pleaded guilty to Accessory After the Fact on April 3, 2024.
Brings Plenty and his juvenile cohort picked up the victim from the East Ridge housing area
in Pine Ridge on the evening of April 21, 2023. Brings Plenty and the juvenile went to a fairly isolated area near the Old Sundance Grounds in Pine Ridge.
Brings Plenty and the juvenile were both intoxicated.
On the way to the Old Sundance Grounds, the death of a relative that
Brings Plenty and the juvenile shared was brought up. Brings Plenty got out of the car
and began to question the victim.
The juvenile used the vehicle to assault the victim and then attacked him with a black baseball bat.
Brings Plenty assisted the juvenile and left the victim. The victim was reported missing by his family approximately two weeks later.
In July of 2023, the skeletal remains of a human were found north of the Old Sundance Grounds.
DNA testing revealed that the remains were that of the CJ Grass Jr.
