RAPID CITY, S.D. – A former South Dakota state senator is facing charges of false reporting.
Lynne DiSanto, who also goes by the names Lyndi DiSanto and Lynne Hix-DiSanto, appeared before Seventh Circuit Court Thursday for one count of false reporting to law enforcement in connection with a series of physical and verbal altercations between her and her ex-husband, Mark DiSanto.
DiSanto claimed her ex-husband had assaulted her on the evening of January 6th at his home. DiSanto said she went to the home trying to reclaim some belongings left there amid a divorce between the two. A responding officer could not determine if an assault actually took place.
Phone records in a supplemental report have indicated neither Mark nor Lynne at the house where the alleged assault took place the night in question.
Robert Pasqualucci, Lynne DiSanto’s attorney, did not appear in court during her first hearing.
False reporting to law enforcement is a class one misdemeanor that carries a penalty of up to one year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine.
