Mission man sentenced for assault by strangulation and suffocation

Published: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:09 AM CDT

PIERRE, S.D. (KOTA) - Alexander Brave, 29 of Mission, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for assaulting a woman.

Brave, according to a release from the Department of Justice, strangled and suffocated his intimate partner in October 2021 at a home in Todd County.

Brave was indicted by a federal grand jury in August of 2022; and pleaded guilty in December.