Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms Offense
Kyle Lee Tobacco received a sentence of three years and one month in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 20, 2026, 11:50 a.m. ET
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Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms Offense
On August 20, 2026, U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced that 32-year-old Sioux Falls resident Kyle Lee Tobacco was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. According to court records, U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced Tobacco on August 17, 2026.
Court records show Tobacco was arrested on March 4, 2025, after law enforcement officers executing a search warrant found him in possession of a pistol in his hotel room. Tobacco was prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions for escape and possession of a firearm by a felon. A federal grand jury indicted him in October 2025, and he pleaded guilty on May 15, 2026.
Following his prison term, Tobacco must serve three years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Court records state he was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Joyce prosecuted the case, which was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Sioux Falls Police Department under Project Safe Neighborhoods and Operation Take Back America.
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