SIOUX CITY – A Spirit Lake Man was sentenced July 30, 2021 to more than 5 years in federal prison.
Dylan Robert Hurd, age 30, from Spirit Lake, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 18, 2021, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.
At the plea hearing, Hurd admitted to knowing he was restricted from possessing a firearm after being convicted in 2017 of assault causing serious bodily injury in Dickinson County, Iowa. Hurd knowingly possessed a .380 ACP caliber Smith & Wesson M&P handgun.
Hurd was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to 63 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Hurd is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ron Timmons and was investigated by the Spirit Lake Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
If you own a gun your part of the problem. These backward leaning use the ruse it’s for hunting or safety. Safety from what. Other people? Hunting for what. Sport? Just an excuse to dabble in a dangerous way to pass the time. Or it’s a crazy world and it gives you peace of mind. So holding a machine designed to KILL in your hand brings you Peace Of Mind? Killing ain’t going to bring you peace. Just the opposite. You’ll be cursed. Living in fear does strange things to people. Like thinking they need a gun. You get a gun and it will take you to that problem. The one down the road that you just become part of. Just admit it. Your a chicken shit and you need a gun. Full of fear.