A man from Mission convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced this month (June 2021), by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
Patrick Leonard Iron Cloud, Jr., age 39, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100. He was also ordered to forfeit all interest in the Colt pistol and ammunition seized.
The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred on October 2, 2020, in Mission. Iron Cloud was involved in a traffic stop, and during the encounter law enforcement officers located various items of drug use and the Colt pistol. The Defendant has a prior felony conviction and is a drug user, making it illegal for him to possess any firearm.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. This case is also part of Project Guardian, the Department of Justice’s initiative to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws. For more information about Project Guardian, please see: https://www.justice.gov/projectguardian.
This case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.
Iron Cloud was immediately remanded to the custody of the US Marshals Service.
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