This afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in Pierre, the sentencing of 67 year old Richard Alan Kucera of Winner took place.

For Count 1 of Sex Trafficking of a child, Richard received the minimum sentence of 10 years. 

For Count 2 of Sex Trafficking of a child, Richard received the minimum of 10 years. 

Counts 1 and 2 will run concurrent to each other. 

For count 3 of Production of Child Pornography, Richard received the minimum of 15 years. 

For Count 4 of Production of Child Pornography, Richard received the minimum of 15 years. 

Counts 3 and 4 will run concurrent to each other and consecutive to Counts 1 and 2. 

Kucera was found guilty of two counts of Sex Trafficking of a Child and two counts of Production of Child Pornography following a four-day federal jury trial in Pierre in July.