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Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Gettysburg, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on August 23, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court. Jamie Holzwarth, age 39, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. He must also forfeit the firearm. Holzwarth was indicted for Possession of Firearm by a Prohibited Person by a federal grand jury on March 9, 2020. He pled guilty on June 1, 2021. The conviction stems from an incident on February 26, 2020, in Eagle Butte, when Holzwarth, who had previously been convicted of crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year, and being an unlawful user of a controlled substance, knowingly possessed a firearm, which had been previously shipped and transported in interstate and foreign commerce. Law enforcement encountered Holzwarth intoxicated in a running vehicle with the firearm and drug related items. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. This case was investigated by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan Dilges prosecuted the case. Holzwarth was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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