Two men sentenced for charges stemming from high speed chase spanning several counties in 2022

A Sioux Falls man and a Harrisburg man have been sentenced to prison for a high speed chase involving shots fired in July of 2022.  40-year-old James Lanpher Jr. of Sioux Falls and 45-year-old Bonner Juel of Harrisburg both pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.  Lanpher was sentenced to life in prison for two counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement while Juel was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assault and drug related charges.  The charges stem from an incident on July 14th 2022 when the two were involved in a high speed chase beginning in rural Minnehaha county and ultimately ending in Madison South Dakota.  During that time Lanpher fired a rifle at police.