United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell recently announced U.S. District Court Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
38 year old Dustin Todd Long was sentenced to five 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.
A federal grand jury indicted Long in September 2023. He pleaded guilty on August 14, 2024.
The conviction stems from Long pointing a handgun toward Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services officers after refusing to obey their commands in Eagle Butte on August 22, 2023. During the incident, Long waved the handgun around while walking toward Main Street, where he continued to ignore commands to drop the firearm. After Long was apprehended, law enforcement was able to determine that the firearm was unloaded.
The FBI and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Venhuizen prosecuted the case.
Long was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service to start serving his sentence.