PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley recently announced that a circuit court has ordered the trial of Joseph Hoek, who is charged in the 2024 murder of Moody County Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok, be moved from Moody County to Pennington County.
At a hearing last week in Flandreau, the court agreed to a defense motion that the trial be moved from Moody County.
“The criminal justice system needs to take into account not just the defendant’s Constitutional rights, but also those of the victims and their families,” Jackley said. “I am prepared to try this case before a Pennington County jury in September 2026, or at the earliest date the system will allow.”…