United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on January 20, 2016, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto Lange.
Berdell Shot, age 32, was sentenced to 15 months in custody, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Shot was indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender by a federal grand jury on September 9, 2015. He pled guilty on November 17, 2015.
Between June 16, 2015, and August 25, 2015, Shot, a person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and a sex offender by reason of a conviction under Federal Law, failed to properly register as a sex offender in Pennington County and elsewhere.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk W. Albertson prosecuted the case.
Shot was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.