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Cherry Creek Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Assault and Firearm Offenses

Tiger Condon was sentenced in South Dakota federal court for assaulting an intimate partner and illegally possessing a firearm.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 20, 2026, 11:16 a.m. ET
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On August 19, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota announced that Tiger Condon, 31, of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, was to four years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte handed down the sentence on August 17, 2026, following Condon's convictions for assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to an intimate partner and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. According to official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Condon was also to three years of supervised release, ordered to pay a $200 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund, and ordered to forfeit his firearm and ammunition. Condon was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2025, pleaded guilty on April 16, 2026, and was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. The convictions arise from events that took place in November 2024 in Dewey County, South Dakota, within the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. Official records state that on November 1, 2024, Condon went to the Eagle Butte residence of a victim with whom he had been in a long-term relationship, kicked in the door, and struck her in the face multiple times, causing one of her eyes to swell shut. After being arrested tribally and posting bond, Condon returned to the residence carrying a pistol. Official records note that Condon was prohibited under federal law from possessing a firearm due to a previous felony drug conviction in South Dakota. The case was investigated by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The matter was prosecuted in federal court under the Major Crimes Act by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges under U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons.

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