Toby Acevedo, Unlawful Possession of Firearm, South Dakota 2021

Rapid City Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm

A Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been charged with a serious crime.

Toby Acevedo, age 50, was charged on March 18, 2021, with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.

The charges relate to Acevedo, previously convicted of a felony and prohibited from possessing firearms, possessing an unregistered, illegally shortened Mossberg International semi-automatic rifle, which was found after Acevedo came into contact with Rapid City Police officers in July 2020.

The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.

Acevedo appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on June 23, 2021, and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He is currently being detained pending trial. A trial date has not been set.

The investigation is being conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Rapid City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Patterson is prosecuting the case.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.

This case is also part of Project Guardian, the Department of Justice’s signature initiative to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws.

The charges are merely an accusation and Acevedo is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Defendant: Toby Acevedo

Criminal Charges: Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm

City and State: Rapid City, South Dakota

Exact Date: July 2020 (crime date), March 18, 2021 (charge date), and June 23, 2021 (arraignment date)

Sentence or Outcome: Currently detained pending trial

Dollar Amounts: Up to $250,000 fine and $100 assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/rapid-city-man-charged-unlawful-possession-unregistered-firearm