South Dakota Illegal Reentry Law
<H2> United States of America v. Jamie Perez
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Jamie Perez, 43, was indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person by a federal grand jury in November 2024. He pleaded guilty on October 7, 2025. On September 28, 2024, Sioux Falls Police found Perez asleep behind the wheel of his running vehicle, stopped... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Amanda Acosta </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in South Dakota.<br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Jericho James Ladeaux </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm.<br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025. <br> <br> Jerich... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.<br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Amanda Acosta </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. <br> <br> - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on Septem... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Jericho James Ladeaux </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. <br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September ... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop </h1></h1>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm<br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025. <br> <br> James... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Boru Guye Wako, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Two Firearm Charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Federal Jury Finds Sioux Falls Man Guilty of Two Firearm Charges</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><br>... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - SD)United States of America v. J.T. Myore
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represnted the Defendant charged with carjacking amd bramdosjomg a foredar, during a crime of violence.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Federal robbery and aiding and abetting laws, as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 2, hold individuals liable for the crimes of others if they assist in or encourage the commission of a federal offense. Essentially, anyone who a... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Zachary Coats </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of Theft of a Firearm and one count of Possession of a Stolen Firearm in February 2024. He pleaded guilty to two counts of Theft of a Firearm on January 29, 2025. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rapid City Man Sentence... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Jimenez, a/k/a Jose Lidio Chavez Flores </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Reentry.</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Jose Jimenez, a/k/a Jose Lidio Chavez Flores, 42, was sentenced to two mont... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Celso Diaz-Martinez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry After Deportation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican Man Found Guilty of Illegal Reentry After Deportation<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A jury convicted Celso Diaz-Martinez, age 52, of Mexico ... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Daryl John Plumman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting a Fellow Jail Inmate and Possessing a Firearm While a Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Parmelee Man Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Federal Prison for Assaulting a Fellow Jail Inmate and Possessing a Firearm While... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Pumpkin Seed </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession and Violating Sex Offender Laws</h2></center></b></b> </h2></... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Pumpkin Seed </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearm Possession and Violating Sex Offender Laws </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession and Violating Sex Offender Laws</h2></cente... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Marvin Brings Plenty </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In October of 2023, at Rapid City, Ma... More...
$0 (07-29-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Darian Libert </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In July of 2023, at Rapid City, Darin ... More...
$0 (07-29-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Darian Libert </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced tod... More...
$0 (07-29-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Tyson Quigley, a/k/a Tyson Stands </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Prohibited Possession of a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Francis Man Sentenced for Prohibited Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> <br> Tyson Quigley, a/k/a Tyson Stands, ... More...
$0 (07-02-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. William Waldemar Godoy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan Man Sentenced for Immigration Related Matters </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge... More...
$0 (06-18-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Deyvin Morales; Juan Francisco Alvarez-Sorto; Karla Lopez-Gutierrez</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Kidnapping; Carjacking; Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; and Unlawful Reentry after Deportation</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b><br> Two Men and a... More...
$0 (04-28-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Lucas Ewald Ahrendt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Receipt of a Firearm by a Person Under Indictment.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center></i></b> Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Receipt of a Firearm by a Person Under Indictment </h2></center><br> <br> Lucas Ewal... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Martin Moore </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i>Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Saskatchewan Man Sentenced to Federal Prison </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge R... More...
$0 (03-20-2024 - SD)United States of America v. Raul Tomas Mata
Aberdeen, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.<br> <br> Raul Tomas Mata, age 22, was was indicted for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury by a federal grand jury in July of 2022. He pleaded guilty on March 14, 2023.<br> <br> On April 29, 2022, in Little Eagle, within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, M... More...
$0 (06-07-2023 - SD)United States of America v. Nicholas Black Cloud
Aberdeen, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a stolen firearm.<br> <br> Nicholas Black Cloud, age 21, was indicted for Possession of a Stolen Firearm by a federal grand jury in January of 2022. He pleaded guilty on October 17, 2022.<br> <br> On October 25, 2021, Black Cloud stole a pistol from a vehicle in McLaughlin, South Dakota. When he later ... More...
$0 (01-20-2023 - SD)United States of America v. Roland Hawk, Jr.
Pierre, South Dakota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.<br> <br> On May, 28, 2021, in Fort Thompson, wherein Roland Hawk, Jr., age 20, of Fort Thompson, South Dakota, struck a sleeping man several time about the head and face with a pistol. As a result of the assault the victim received a laceration to his head. <br> <br> This case is part of Pr... More...
$0 (11-17-2022 - SD)United States of America v. Franky Torres
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Franky Torres, age 29, was charged with being a prohibited persona in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(l), 922(g)(3), and 924 (a)(2).<br> <br> Torres was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 18, 2021, and pleade... More...
$0 (07-12-2022 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEVIN XAVIER DICKERSON STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, v. ARIANNA CHERELLE REECY
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented co-defendants with robbery and burglary and also aggravated assault charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Arianna Reecy worked as an exotic dancer at a bar in Lesterville, <br> South Dakota. In July 2019, Reecy, who went by the name "Kisses,†met Julio <br> Gomez Rojas at... More...
$0 (06-12-2022 - SD)POWERS v. POWERS and PREVAILING WINDS, LLC
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Real Estate lawyer represented Defendants and Appellees with interpretation of a right of first refusal. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In 2003, Jerome and Dennis jointly purchased roughly 630 acres of <br> land in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties for less than fair market value on a <br> contract for deed from J... More...
$0 (06-11-2022 - SD)United States of America v. Huya Smoke
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a stoke firearm.<br> <br> Huya Smoke, age 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 19, 2021, and pleaded guilty on December 3, 2021. The conviction stems from Smoke knowingly being in possession of a stolen 9mm semi-automatic pistol in Rapid City in April 2021. At the time, Smoke was also... More...
$0 (04-26-2022 - SD)GANTVOORT v. RANSCHAU
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with suing his former wife for placing a hidden recording device in Doug's office. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> [¶2.] Doug and Mary married in 1996. During the course of their marriage, <br> they owned and operated a specialty restoration business in Clear Lake, South <br> Dakot... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)United States of America v. Kerry Browning
Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Kerry Browning, age 36, was convicted of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Browning was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 8, 2021. He pled guilty on December 30, 2021.<br> <br> The conviction stems from an incident on April 11, 2021, in Todd County,... More...
$0 (03-23-2022 - SD)United States of America v. Alex Usher
Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony firearm possession.<br> <br> Alex Usher, age 32, was charged with being a man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person,<br> <br> Usher was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2019. The charge relates to Usher, who is a previously convicted felon and prohibited from possessing fir... More...
$0 (08-12-2021 - SD)United States of America v. Nathan Paul Grondahl
Sioux Falls,South Dakota traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a Minor charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.<br> <br> Nathan Paul Grondahl, age 25, was charged with traveling from his home in Minnesota to Hartford, South Dakota, for the purpose of engaging in illegal sexual conduct with a 13-year old female. Grondahl had met the minor on social media and h... More...
$0 (06-17-2021 - SD)United States of America v. Wilson Asfora, M.D.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota health care fraud lawyer represented defendant charged with taking kickbacks.<br> <br> Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain... More...
$0 (05-04-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Michael Shelton with the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI) charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Detective Joseph Erickson (Detective Erickson) of the Yankton Police <br> Department and Special Agent Ryan Pennock (Agent Pennock) of the South Dakota <br> Division of Criminal... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)United States of America v. Sheila Verbrugge
Sioux Falls, South Dakota wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> Sheila Verbrugge, age 50, was charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Verbrugge was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 17, 2020. She pled guilty on September 28, 2020.<br> <br> Verbrugge was the billing and payroll clerk for Blachowske Truck Line, Inc., located in Brandon. Verbrugge’s duties included... More...
$0 (12-27-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARRIE LYNN OSTBY STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DANA OLMSTED
<center><h2><font color="red">Sturgis, SD. - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants Carrie Lynn Ostby and Dana Olmsted charged with <i>felony-controlled substance charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 20, 2019, at around 5:45 p.m., Deadwood police officers<br> responded to a report of possible illegal drug activity associated with Apartment 15<br> located at 53 Dunlap Av... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - SD)United States ex rel. Bechtold, et al. v. Asfora, et al.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Qui Tam False Claims Act violation lawyer represented Medtronic.<br> <br> “Kickbacks undermine the integrity of federal healthcare programs and increase costs borne by taxpayers,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division. “This case demonstrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to ensure th... More...
$0 (10-30-2020 - SD)United States of America v. Paul Hovorka
Sioux Falls, South Dakota possession of child porn criminal defense lawyer represented Paul Hovorka, who was charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> The conviction stemmed from incidents between June 15, 2019, and November 21, 2019, when Hovorka accessed child pornography using a private social media network known as "MeWe." Using the "MeWe" app, he uploaded images of child pornogr... More...
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