南达科他州苏福尔斯男子禁持枪仍持枪：联邦法院判刑两年半
位于南达科他州 Minnehaha County 的 Sioux Falls 市居民 Dakota Thorstenson，现年 30 岁，因身为被禁止持枪人员仍持有枪支，2026 年 11 月 2 日在联邦法院被判处两年六个月联邦监禁。联邦法官 Karen E. Schreier 作出宣判，刑期之后另有三年监督释放，并须缴纳 100 美元特别评费，宣判后他随即被交由美国法警局羁押。
Thorstenson 于 2026 年 5 月被联邦大陪审团以被禁止持枪人员持有枪支罪起诉，并于 2026 年 8 月 11 日认罪。
案件源于今年 4 月的一次执法接触。据司法部南达科他区联邦检察官办公室发布，Thorstenson 当时驾驶一辆汽车，在 Sioux Falls 南部短时间内接连卷入两起交通事故。地方执法人员因这两起事故将其拘留，搜查时在他身上发现一支手枪。
Thorstenson 本人依法不得持有枪支。他此前有多项重罪前科：2015 年在 Brookings County 的分销或持有意图分销大麻、2015 年在 Brookings County 的袭击执法人员，以及 2022 年在 Minnehaha County 的三度或以上简易袭击。
此案由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）查办，特别助理联邦检察官 Ryan McFall 负责起诉，判决结果由联邦检察官 Ron Parsons 宣布。
（来源：美国司法部）
Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession by a Prohibited Person
Dakota Thorstenson, 30, of Sioux Falls, a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, was sentenced on November 2, 2026, in federal court to two years and six months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier imposed the sentence, which is followed by three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Thorstenson was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Thorstenson was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2026 for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and pleaded guilty on August 11, 2026.
The case began with a law-enforcement encounter in April of this year. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota, Thorstenson was the driver of a vehicle involved in two automobile accidents in rapid succession in southern Sioux Falls. Local law enforcement took him into custody as a result of the accidents, searched him, and found a pistol on him.
Thorstenson is prohibited from possessing firearms. His prior felony convictions are Distribution or Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana from 2015 in Brookings County, Simple Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer from 2015 in Brookings County, and Simple Assault, Third or Subsequent Offense from 2022 in Minnehaha County.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan McFall prosecuted the case, and U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced the sentence.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：位于 Sioux Falls 的美国联邦法院大楼入口（400 S. Phillips Avenue）。Tony Webster 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Entrance of the U.S. Courthouse in Sioux Falls (400 S. Phillips Avenue). By Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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