A woman who pleaded guilty to a hate crime in Rapid City, South Dakota, will be sentenced September 2.

Miranda Sheldon, 21, admitted to one count of malicious intimidation or harassment. She targeted Indians in two separate attacks last December.

Sheldon’s co-defendant, Jenna Gitzke, 21, also pleaded guilty. They are the first in Pennington County to be charged under the state's hate crime statute.

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Rapid City woman pleads guilty to hate crime (The Rapid City Journal 7/22)

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