Press Release
Eagle Butte Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota
PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on January 22, 2024. Philip Lamar Nordvold, age 45, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Nordvold was indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person by a federal grand jury in April of 2023. He pleaded guilty on November 2, 2023. In 2015, Nordvold was convicted in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. Within three months prior to May 16, 2022, near Eagle Butte, Nordvold unlawfully possessed another firearm, a Heritage Manufacturing Incorporated brand revolver with an obliterated serial number. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Venhuizen prosecuted the case. Nordvold was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. Nordvold was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Updated January 29, 2024
Topics
Project Safe Neighborhoods
Firearms Offenses
Indian Country Law and Justice
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