PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley recently announced that a Mitchell woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to one count of sexual contact with a person incapable of consent.

Stacy Jo Johnson, 50, was sentenced Tuesday in Davison County Circuit Court. She had earlier pleaded guilty to the sexual contact charge. A second count of sexual contact with a person incapable of consent was dismissed as part of a plea bargain.

The maximum sentence was 10 years in prison. Both the Attorney General’s Office and the victim’s family requested a sentence closer to the maximum sentence.

Johnson was charged with engaging in sexual contact with a person, 16 years old or older, who was incapable of giving consent. The incident occurred in July at LifeQuest in Mitchell, where Johnson was an employee and the victim was a resident.

As part of the plea bargain, Johnson agreed to have her name placed on the federal exclusion list for healthcare providers, which prohibits her from working at any federally-funded healthcare facility. She also was fined $1,000 and will have to register as a sex offender.

Investigation of the case was done by Mitchell Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.