SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTY JACKLEY CONFIRMS THAT A SOUTH DAKOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FRIDAY STEMMING FROM A VEHICLE PURSUIT.
JACKLEY SAYS 51-YEAR-OLD MOODY COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF KEN PROROK DIED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN MOODY COUNTY.
40-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH HOEK (HOOK) OF SIOUX FALLS HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF’S DEATH.
HE IS BEING HELD IN THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL IN MADISON.
CHARGES WILL BE FILED ON OR ABOUT THE TIME OF HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE AT 9 A.M. (MONDAY) AT THE MOODY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN FLANDREAU.
NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
PROROK, OF WENTWORTH, S.D., HAS BEEN WITH THE MOODY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE HE WAS SWORN IN AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN 2016.
JACKLEY SAYS PROROK WAS A HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND WELL-RESPECTED LEADER IN HIS COMMUNITY.
