United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Possession of Ammunition by a Felon as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on June 5and June 6, 2019.
Aaron Santistevan, age 43, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 13, 2019, and a Superseding Indictment was filed on May 14, 2019.
The charge relates to the allegation that on Dec. 28, 2018, Santistevan, having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, possessed 40 rounds of copper-jacketed, hollow point.50 Action Express caliber handgun ammunition.
The investigation was conducted by Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
