Rapid City man convicted in crime spree, including assault

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Rapid City man has been found guilty in a string of crimes that include aggravated assault, burglary and grand theft.

A jury in Pennington County convicted 34-year-old Bill Robertson Tuesday afternoon, KOTA-TV reported.

Robertson was accused of stealing two pickup trucks, breaking into three homes and stabbing, assaulting or threatening five people during a nearly hour-long crime spree last July in Rapid City.

He was arrested after driving toward a police officer who shot at him multiple times, but did not hit him. The officer said he thought Robertson was trying to hit him.

At the time, police said Robertson’s actions created “one of the largest crime scenes in Rapid City’s history.”