HURON, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Kyle Dean Bult, age 38 of Huron, was convicted of the Attempted Enticement of a Minor stemming from incidents that occurred on March 9-10, 2024. Mr. Bult sent a series of text messages to a person he thought was a 15-year-old-female. In those texts, he asked her age, made sexual suggestions and arranged a liaison for the purpose of a sexual encounter.
Bult drove to the agreed upon meeting place for what he thought would be a romp in the hay with an underaged female and instead was arrested by an adult male agent of the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Bult was convicted in federal court and sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in the federal penitentiary with five years of supervised release upon completion of his sentence. He must register as a sex offender and pay a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
This was Bult’s third conviction for a sexual offense involving a minor.