Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 17, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

Nathanial Geiger, age 33, was sentenced on March 8, 2018, to 7 years of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Geiger was charged on March 21, 2017. The charge related to Geiger, a previously convicted felon, illegally being in possession of a Remington, model Sportsman 58, 12-gauge shotgun in Rapid City on Feb. 22, 2017.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Rapid City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson prosecuted the case.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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