Belle Fourche Man Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment for Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Belle Fourche, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on February 26, 2021, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.

Tyler Wayne Deel, age 33, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Between August 2018 and November 2018, Deel resided in St. Onge, South Dakota, and had a computer with internet access.  Using his computer to connect and access websites and applications for “Tumblr,” Deel received and distributed digital files containing images of child pornography.  Many of the images of child pornography depicted young children.

The investigation was conducted by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Rapid City Police Department, and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah B. Collins prosecuted the case.

Deel was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.