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UPDATE: Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff killed in the line of duty

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UPDATE: Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff killed in the line of duty
Photo courtesy SD Attorney General’s Office

February 5, 2024

Mike Tanner

FLANDREAU, S.D.–A court appearance is scheduled for nine o’clock this morning in Flandreau for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of the Chief Deputy Sheriff in Moody County.

Fifty one year-old Ken Prorok (pictured) of Wentworth, South Dakota was killed Friday afternoon.

It involved a police pursuit, but the details of exactly how Prorok was killed, and where, have not been released.

Prorok had been with the Moody County Sheriff’s Office since 2016.

Forty year-old Joseph Hoek has been arrested in connection with the incident that led to Prorok’s death.

Attorney General Marty Jackley said The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and Highway Patrol, with the help of local law enforcement agencies, continue their investigation, and that the charges will be, “based on the evidence.”