A Rapid City man has been charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
42 year old Cory Marshall pleaded not guilty.
The charges relate to Marshall, previously convicted of a felony and prohibited from possessing firearms, possessing an unregistered, illegally shortened Remington Arms, 12-gauge, pump-action shotgun, which was found after Marshall came into contact with Pennington County Sheriff’s deputies in April 2021. The charges are merely an accusation and Marshall is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The maximum penalty if convicted is 10 years in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods 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.
The investigation is being conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson is prosecuting the case.
Marshall was detained pending trial.
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