South Dakota – -(AmmoLand.com)- Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Eric Ladeaux, age 35, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and one count of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on October 14, 2021.
Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
The conviction relates to Ladeaux, a person who is prohibited from possessing firearms, possessing firearms that were found after he came into contact with Pennington County Sheriff’s Office deputies in December 2019 and Rapid City Police Department officers in September 2020. Ladeaux was also found to be in possession of an unregistered firearm in the September 2020 stop.
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.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, and the Rapid City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Kelderman prosecuted the case.
A presentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing date has not been set. The defendant was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of the federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Something is wrong with the government’s statement or the guy got railroaded into being guilty to a non-existent law. There is no firearm registration law in SD nor at the federal level (except for NFA and DD items).
The BATF is the equivalent of Hitlers SS and they need to be disbanded and all the alphabet soup agencies need to be done away with completely . This includes the FBI , IRS and several others. They have proven they are a government sponsored terrorist organization and nothing more !
“Let’s Go AFT”. 🙂
NEVER cooperate with the treasonous criminals at the AFT.
The Right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. THAT IS THE LAW. Every free, not incarcerated, American citizen IS the militia and is legally able to possess and use military grade firearms, cannon, explosives, aircraft, naval ships, flame throwers, a o w’s, etc. THAT IS THE LAW. The armed American citizen is needed to maintain the free state of America, your state of freedom and my state of freedom. The RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Government’s ONLY LEGAL role relative to the 2A, to firearms and explosives is SHALL… Read more »
Possession of an unregistered firearm? More typical BATF bullsh*t! Hell we’re all guilty of owning unregistered firearms!
The BATFE &FBI boys were brought into Chiraq with much fanfare and a visit from the demented one himself, yet weekly on the news here, we are told violent felons with 100 page rap sheets are released with ankle bracelets and no bail on the daily. The story above is evidence the G doesn’t care whatsoever about real crime. Recently there was a gunfight between two groups of felons in Chiraq, a gunfight not only caught on surveillance cameras, but witnessed by CPD uniformed cops. It resulted in one homicide and multiple wounded, yet charges were dropped……all involved were felons……where… Read more »
I have yet to see what “LAW enacted by Congress established the ATF”,, BATFE or whatever else anybody wants to call it?
Fuc* atf. Stop providing them a forum.
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Looks like the government thugs are bragging about armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and violation of rights again.
So why was he prohibited? One wonders.