Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
Keanu Dillon, age 29, was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
The conviction stems from Dillon, a previously convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing firearms, being in possession of a Taurus, model 856, .38 Special caliber, double-action revolver, which was found after Dillon came into contact with law enforcement in Rapid City in April 2020.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives, and the Black Hills Fugitive Taskforce. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson prosecuted the case.
Dillon was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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