6 teenage baseball players charged as adults in South Dakota rape case take plea deals

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — All six teenage players from a South Dakota American Legion baseball team who were charged as adults in a rape case last summer have now reached plea deals. Three players from the Mitchell-based team pleaded guilty last month to being an accessory to a felony, and KELO-TV reports that three others entered the same plea Monday. All six players could face up to five years in prison at sentencing next month. According to prosecutors, the victims were 16 when they were sexually assaulted during a tournament in Rapid City last June. Another three players were charged in juvenile court, but details of their cases are not made public.