Editors Note: The following press release is directly from ATF. Regular readers of AmmoLand News know our stance on the unaccountable Federal Agency: No comment. We invite our readers to leave their hard-hitting insights in the comments below.
Rapid City, SD – -(AmmoLand.com)- Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on October 28, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
Keith Looking Back, age 39, was sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Looking Back was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 11, 2020, and pleaded guilty on May 26, 2021. In April 2020, Looking Back knowingly possessed a stolen SIG Sauer, model SIG MCX, 5.56 caliber semi-automatic rifle. The rifle had been stolen by other individuals from Pawn With Us in Rapid City in April 2020.
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, and the Rapid City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson prosecuted the case.
Looking Back was immediately 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.
Screw the leftist ATF! The add says nothing about Looking Back (a made up name I assume) having any criminal record, or his intent for possessing the stolen rifle. As far as him pleading guilty he was probably pressured with all kinds of illegal acts by the prosecution- who in their right mind would want to possess a stolen rifle? There is one thing I know for a fact- the ATF is being controlled by the radical leftwing communists and can’t be trusted.
Given the jurisdiction of the arrest, I think it’s safe to say that Keith Looking Back is Native American. Moreover, the BATFaggots in South Dakota probably targeted him because he’s a native. Just my $.02 worth…
And we STILL need to abolish the ATF & repeal all gun laws!
Any thoughts on the Rapid City Poice Department?
Don Hedrick, Chief of Police
It’s funny, isn’t it?
“ABOLISH THE CRIMINAL CORRUPT ATF,RESCIND NFA!”
Chanted over and over again.
But then, when it is pointed out that local law enforcement cooperated with the BATFE, three immediate downvotes.
The BATFE is not effective without the cooperation of local law enforcement. That’s why it’s helpful that Ammoland publishes these BATFE press releases to increase awareness of the involvement of local law enforcement.
Meaningful SAPA laws are important. Missouri got close, but it still isn’t strong enough. I haven’t heard of any state having a SAPA law even as effective as Missouri’s.
Thoughts on them? The were just “following orders”. They couldn’t give a flying rats ass about their oaths of office or what is actually right. The guy should have paid restitution to the guy who the weapon was stolen from at 2x the value. If they couldn’t recover it and it was proven he had “lost” it somehow it should be 4x restitution.
The lengths some folks go to cover for local law enforcement are insane.
The article states BATFE worked with the Rapid City Police Department (headed by the Bloomberg Fellow, Don Hedrick).
It would be much better for the image of law enforcement if these people would just indicate the local law enforcement who cooperates with the BATFE are just as bad as the BATFE.
When they either apologize for cops or ignore the facts, it reflects poorly on law enforcement in general.
BATFaggots! I love it! Merry Christmas Henry Bowman!
MesaFagg0ts! MC, WillTEX!
Man, you will be visited by three ghosts …
Man, you will be visited by three ghosts …
You do not get it. I should have known.
You do not get it. I should have known.
Repeating what the other says is the technique of a six year old.
Not when one is replying to projection by a sock puppet douchebag.
Henry had the right idea of how to take care of the ATF. That’s why they followed John Ross around and harassed the hell out of him.
I did knot know that the BATFE did. I’d like to hear more. MC, brother.
Well, when you have RINOs like Crawdad Crenshaw the TX Redcoat, and the grifters at NRA (yes, YOU, Wayne!) Who needs enemies?
BTW, Gun Owners of America has done actual work as has FPC. You get more bang for your $$ with them.
GOA lifer since 2004. I may even throw my hat in the ring as a state coordinator. The place I moved to has a vacancy. I want to secure more 2A wins for all gun owners.
Also, I LOL at how the freedom-hating commie bots downvote me because I won’t trash talk some regulars on here. What pathetic losers!
Probably a dirt-poor American Indian who just wanted a cheap truck gun…
Maybe, BATF does have a history of prosecuting those that are least able to defend themselves. MC!
“The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Rapid City Police Department.”
If he was knowingly and intentionally in possession of stolen property I have no sympathy for him
The knowingly element is usually difficult to prove. Here, that element was proved by his plea. So, there must have been a lot more to this case.
I got pretty good at it
Were you a prosecutor? MC.
I once sat on a General Court Martial of a young PV2 who had been accused of raping a fellow (female) PV2. He was facing 20 years in Federal prison. The trial lasted four days and in the end the supposed victim declared that she had made up the charge of rape. She declared tearfully that it had been voluntary sex, that she made the whole thing up because she learned the supposed assailant had bet a case of beer with fellow soldiers that he could “nail her” to quote his testimony on the stand. The charges were dropped in… Read more »
Military lawyers . . .
Do you have any experience with the JAGC?
Is it required to acknowledge Capn Dad’s personal experience with military lawyers?
No, just you. I was wondering about his MOS because the Army is a small community.
I didn’t comment on your request about the MOS.
Why would I be required to have experience with the JAGC to acknowledge Capn Dad’s comment?
Did you not write, “Is it required to acknowledge Capn Dad’s personal experience with military lawyers?” Is that not a reply to me? Sure looks that way.
You asked if I had experience with the JAGC.
I asked if that was required to acknowledge the comment made by Capn Dad.
You made a separate comment (outside of that sequence), asking Capn Dad about his MOS. I didn’t reply to that comment.
Why would I be required to have experience with the JAGC to acknowledge Capn Dad’s comment about the military lawyers involved in the incident he wrote about?
Why don’t you let CapnD speak for himself. I’m sure the man can respond to Bill if he choose without any of your bullshit.
Will (“TEX”) – 12/11/21
“Why don’t you let CapnD speak for himself. I’m sure the man can respond to Bill if he choose without any of your bullshit.”
Reply to Will (“TEX”):
Why don’t you apply that same standard to yourself? You frequently post comments supporting other people’s comments.
Please provide a link supporting your assertion that Daniel Shaver shot people with an air rifle and threatened hotel staff prior to being killed by Mesa, AZ police.
TEX(“Will”) “I’ll take that as a non response. I got my information from hotel witness statements,police reports,trial transcripts,etc.NOT YOUTUBE!” Reply to TEX (“Will”): You and Wild Bill both have double standards. I’m not going to comply with your directives. Also, I’ll continue to point out your double standards. Thank you for the response on the Daniel Shaver case. Can you provide a link? Why are you so senistive about some of the video recordings posted on youtube? Do you believe the video of Shaver being screamed at and made to crawl before being shot was fake? Do you believe the… Read more »
I’ll check back tomorrow for the link. It’s not going to get much warmer outside, so I’m headed out.
BTW, watch that language (in your prior post), Wild Bill might make an “observation” about your uncivil style.
Enjoy your day manning your post.
The army is a small community. I was just wondering if our paths had crossed. Hope that your business went well.
Here, we unloaded and put away fifty bags of horse food, my bride and I.
God save us from meetings. MC.
WB,don’t you know yet that with this fool he never want anything questioned. He expects you to believe his nonsense and total bullshit no questions asked. He knows zero about Law Enforcement or the Military as evidence by the bullshit he posts.
Will(“TEX”)
“WB,don’t you know yet that with this fool he never want anything questioned. He expects you to believe his nonsense and total bullshit no questions asked. He knows zero about Law Enforcement or the Military as evidence by the bullshit he posts.”
Reply to Will (“TEX”):
I’m still waiting for the source to support your assertion that Daniel Shaver shot people with his air rifle and threatened hotel staff prior to him being killed by Mesa, AZ police.
I wish that those two professional level shit shovelers would come down here and clean my horse stalls.
Maybe I could get the neighbor kid … to supervise.
TEX(“Will”) “They are unreal for sure. They both definitely lack in any real life experiences. Do you believe that fool actually expects me to provide him with links? It’s really very easy to find. He is the moron that keeps pushing that trash law enforcement narrative and wants me to provide him with links? Maybe shoveling horse shit is something they might be able to figure out.” Reply to TEX (“Will”): Do you get dizzy? I’ll make a comment, like WY law enforcement joined Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety to help defeat a SAPA law. You… Read more »
“Instead of wasting all that time and effort typing insults, why don’t you just” stay on point and hold Will/TEX to the same standard to which you hold others? Will/TEX stated that Daniel Shaver had become threatening to hotel staff. I have read Shaver was in his hotel room and one of the people he was with asked him about the case in his room. Shaver opened the case and showed the guy his air rifle and when he was by the window, someone down on ground level saw him with it. I’ve read a few accounts claiming he pointed… Read more »
I’m a slow learner! Ha! MC.
That is scary. What was your MOS?
Every “District Attorney” in the country brags about their “Win/Loss” record.
And, a “Loss” is any time the defendant is found “not guilty”.
True, but the JAGC should be above that. Maybe it was the Air Force. MC, brother!
Well, they do take pretty pictures. Inter service rivalry aside, there is no replacement for those A10 drivers!
MC from the LTC
You are correct, sir! When the rubber meets the road branch is immaterial.
Absolutely disgusting.
OK so the dropped charges were necessary and justified. Was the female who perjured herself met with any charges? Tje biblical punishment for “bearing false witness” is that the liar suffer the consequences that befell the innocent. If the lies did not lead to harm to the innocent, the liar still must bear the same consequences the innocent WOULD have faced had the lies been believed. No justice in this trial. Was HE compensated for his false charges and that ordeal? It ain’t all about winning. its about justice. There is a perverted and evilprosecutor in Kenosha Wisconsin who thoughtwinningwas… Read more »
A couple of years ago, there was a similar case here in the UK of a “victim” crying rape after consensual sex, leading to the other party being charged & put on trial.
When it was shown she was lying, the case was dismissed & the “victim” put on trial for perjury & other charges.
She was convicted & sentenced to 5 years, which the judge said was appropriate, as that would have been the minimum the person she accused would have been given had they been convicted.
Seems reasonable to me.
Five years at Her Majesty’s pleasure, just for perjury! Does the UK have time off for good behavior? Happy Christmas.
Perjury, wasting police time, false accusation, witness tampering & a couple of other things IIRC – we don’t generally do plea bargaining.
Sadly yes, she’d serve 2½ years, with the rest on licence.
Have a thoroughly excellent Christmas yourself.
On license? What does that mean? I just love the way the British use the language! If you are ever in Yantis, Texas do stop by.
There’s a lot of facts left out here. Did he know? Who stole it, was it in his home or in a vehicle when found? How many hands did it pass through before it got to him?
The BATFaggots are being so selective about the facts that it makes the whole thing suspicious. Even if the judge accepted Looking Back’s plea, that does not mean that the BATFE’s actions can not be called into question.
wow, could they have tried any harder to make themselves look like they saved the free world. they recovered a stolen weapon in south dakota. 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. yea right, care to show me your data.… Read more »
You can try to rosy this up by throwing around your PSN program and talking about how it’s aimed at stopping “violent crime” but it still smells like fecal matter to me. IF, and that’s a very big if, this man actually KNOWINGLY possessed stolen property then there is no “violent crime” and three years in prison is a ridiculously long sentence for that. You’ve admitted yourselves that he had no involvement in the theft of said firearm. The much more likely scenario is you threatened this man with an even ridiculously longer prison sentence of 10+ years and hundreds… Read more »
I wonder how this would have played out if Looking Back was a friend or relative of Don Hedrick or Steve Allender.
Regular readers wonder why you dignify these assholes by publishing their press releases????
The only thing I want to hear from atf is that the agency has been disbanded and their agents have been jailed or shot for violating the constitution.
I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PRESS RELEASES……I CARE WHERE THEY KEEP THEIR SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND DOGS.
PUBLISH ALL atf / .gov EMPLOYEE / TRAITOR/ ASSHOLE HOME ADDRESSES! Stop being a tool for atf!!!!
2gats, Wow! Very troubling comment.
What do you find “very troubling” about it?
I hope he is using TOR to post that. I’m sure the AFT follows these pages looking for those kinds of comments. Typically a barking dog won’t bite. It’s the one that doesn’t bark they need to worry about. And I can understand where he/she is coming from. Seems to me that we are heading towards a full scale kinetic civil war against the “powers that be”. Just from reading comments and posts I’d have to come to that educated conclusion.
I wonder if magic mike finds all the men, women, children, and pets that have been harrassed, extorted, assaulted, kidnapped, and murdered by the ATF “very troubling”.
I think that falls under murdered.
And don’t leave out using falsified evidence in prosecutions!
But folks with “credentials” like yours are fine with local cops murdering people.
I have no idea. You would have to talk to each one of them. I have never said anything like that.
You cover for them.
TEX(“Will”) – 12/13/21: “Nobody murdered anyone here. Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford was charged with 2nd degree murder. A jury of 12 people found Officer Philip Brailsford NOT GUILTY of all charges in the unfortunate death of Shaver. Mesa PD rehired Officer Philip Brailsford so he wouldn’t lose and could collect on his pension.In the eyes of the law no crime was committed so his pension should and was protected.” Reply to TEX (“Will”): Can you provide a source for the comment you made indictaing Shaver “had been displaying an air rifle in the lobby of hotel shooting birds and… Read more »
TEX(“Will”) – 12/13/21: “This has nothing to do with Simpson. I wasn’t even talking about Simpson. If you looked at reliable sources you would see that Officer Philip Brailsford murdered no one with or without malice. You just despise LE so much you don’t care about facts.Your constant bickering with everyone about this case doesn’t change the facts.. It’s over and a done deal.” Reply to TEX (“Will”): Both Simpson and Brailsford were found non-guilty. In both cases the juries concluded there was not enough evidence to overcome the presumption of innocence. To state that Brailsford didn’t murder Shaver based… Read more »
I think Tex doesn’t have a problem with murder as long as the perpetrator is wearing the proper costume.
When TEX reads comments about bad cops, he frequently flies into a rage, makes accusations that the comments are unsupported, and then flies into a rage when video evidence is provided, claiming the evidence is not valid because it is on youtube. I offered to put the video on VHS tape and mail it to him via the United States Postal Service once, but he didn’t seem to like that idea either. When a certain percentage of cops lie, and abuse people’s rights and other cops help them it causes “civilians” to wonder. When thousands of these isolated incidents occur… Read more »
If you stop soon, you may get hit (see above). If you don’t stop soon, you may get flipped over. Don’t put this in your search engine if you don’t want to see a cop flip the car being driven by a pregnant woman who slowed down, put on her flashers, and was proceeding to the first exit to pull over: “Cop Gets Sued After This Insanely Reckless Act” He argued, while video recording himself, that he was behaving in a perfectly normal manner and he lectured her (as she was climbing out of her destroyed car) for not pulling… Read more »
Added comment on hold.
Search for:
“Cop Gets Sued After This Insanely Reckless Act”
TEX(“Will”)
“Stag,Shaver was wearing civies not a costume.”
Reply to TEX (“Will”):
[Unbelievable]
“Tex has no problem with murder as long as the perpetrator is wearing the proper costume.” -Stag
“Stag,Shaver was wearing civies not a costume.”
-TEX/Will/WildBill/FORDWill et ilk.
Now The Blue Chimp calls “Shaver” a perpetrator. What soulless POS.
“Nobody murdered anyone. A jury of 12 people found Officer Philip Brailsford NOT GUILTY of all charges in the unfortunate death of Shaver. Mesa PD rehired Officer Philip Brailsford so Officer Philip Brailsford could collect his pension… Officer Philip Brailsford’s pension should and was protected.”
-TEX/Will/WildBill/FordWILL et ilk.
Right! OJ was innocent too! A jury of 12 people said so! As opposed to 12 non-people!
“the unfortunate death of Shaver.” Can’t even say his full name, let alone admit THE BLUE murdered him, but you can say the name of the Ph#ckhead who murdered “Shaver”, Officer Philip Brailsford.
POS Brailsford was just a little overly anticipatory. His partner, POS Langley, was just giving calm, measured, clear orders. If Daniel Shaver had just followed his commands (crawl on his hands and knees with his hands above his head), he might not have been shot. The other four POS government employees watched and took notes on how to make sure you go home safely. Just a tragedy. Hey, if you don’t want the cops to shoot you five times with a rifle while you are crawling down a hotel hallway in your shorts and t-shirt begging for your life, don’t… Read more »
The multiple personalities of TEX/Will/FORD Will didn’t like that – I forgot to give credit where credit is due:
“five times with a rifle with a dust cover with ‘You’re Fucked’ printed on it”
Remember folks, these are the professionals.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/philip-brailsford-how-police-state-training-turned-a-missionary-into-a-cold-blooded-killer/
TEX = Doctor Bill. The faux tag-team good cop/thug cop act is thinning. It tries to keep it separate, but it has so many sock puppets it gets confused. And sometimes the styles start to blend. Doctor Bill occasionally forgets to drop his IQ from 98 all the way to 80 and swear when posting as TEX.
I picked up on that as well.
I wasn’t sure if someone locked-up Will’s exclamation points and gave him some valium, or whether you are right about them all being the same.
You mena, like in the Reese (Reece?)case out of New Mexico toward the end of Fast aand Furious as an active programme? Ruined that familys life on paper charges with no substance.
For all that matters, he could be an ATF shill trolling for just that sort of “response”, piling on to his comment…… their track record easily supports that sort of “action” buy these troublesome gummit minyins.
ATF, Protecting the Politicians, Serving Ourselves. Should Looking Back have had possession of stolen property, nope, did he have reason to suspect it was stolen? There is the big question.
Bastards Always Taking Firearms Erroneously! MC, brother.
Just posted a comment. No cuss words, no calling people to arms, nothing bad really at all but it has to be approved. Why. Was it that I mentioned Bob Uecker? Is he on a terrorist watch list because he calls plays from the stands in a commercial? Is he a CIA spy and they want to know what is being said about him? What’s up.
Bob Uecher is a man of proper wit! A reporter asked Mr Uecher, “What is the best way to catch a knuckle ball?” Bob replied, “Wait till it stops rolling.”
WB,I haven’t heard anything about Uecher in a long time. Just googled him and he’s still alive. 87 years young.
For some reason he’s always reminded me of Chuck Yeager.
Yeah, it has been awhile. Glad to hear that he is still with us.
Lol, I love him too, that’s why I remember him. Well, I guess it is obvious using his name was not the problem because the posted my comment about my first comment being under review. It still hasn’t release yet. Wonder what I said that caused it to be put on hold. I have never had a comment not get posted.
Welcome to my world. Everything I type go through approval. Smh. That’s why I left Ammoland comments session. Seems like you and @JSNMGC are being treated like I use to get treated especially @JSNMGC. He’s getting his ass kicked right now. Lol. Funny but there’s another side you know. #StayArmedBruthas
Waiting for review. Well, it’s been 19 hours now that my previous post did not make it to the board. What could it have been that made in not post. Was it that I questioned why they busted him with the weapon that he supposedly knew was stolen. Was it that I questioned why he would not file the serial number off and get busted for that rather than a stolen gun? Was it the statement I made about not liking articles that don’t give all the facts? Was it that I mentioned fast and furious? What was it. That… Read more »
You stated the Oregon State Police would not have helped the BATFE? Were you being facetious?
No, I was being a smart ass. It seems that everything that is illegal that breaks federal law is not enforced or supported by our governor so why would I assume that she would allow them to help regarding this other than it would be getting a gun off the street which is so important to her and her buddy and financial backer bloomturd. The problem is that it would be spending OreGONE revenue towards doing a federal job and I don’t think she would help unless the Feder Government paid for it. Did she let the national guard take… Read more »
I see exactly what you are saying, and I agree (although I think she would order the state police to assist in the enforcement of federal gun laws even if Oregon was not reimbursed for the costs).
Oregon state police will follow orders to not arrest mostly violent rioters.
Oregon state police will follow orders not to assist in the arrest of people living/working in the U.S. illegally.
Oregon state police will follow orders to assist the BATFE, with great enthusiasm, to enforce unconstitutional firearm laws.
I gotta wonder if any charges were preferred against the female PV2 for making a “false official statement”? While in the Navy, a female Petty Officer preferred charges against me, my wife, the base Chaplain, the command executive officer and the commanding officer. An in-depth investigation found nothing to support her accusations. She later admitted that she had filed the charges because she was “mad”. Nothing happened to her.
If Mr. Looking Back indeed had a stolen gun that he knew was stolen, then I think he should be prosecuted.
Knowingly possessed a stolen firearm. I can’t believe he didn’t grind off the numbers knowingly it was stolen. I think I would rather get busted for that instead but maybe the consequences for that could be worse. Was he a felon that couldn’t have a weapon and that is why he bought a stolen firearm? Didn’t see anything mentioned about that. I wonder what brought the gun to their attention. He must not have done anything illegal with it because no other charges were mentioned. I didn’t read where he was pulled over and they ran a check on the… Read more »
“The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Rapid City Police Department.”