Rapid City man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon (DOJ)

RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on August 17, 2026.

Wakiyan Dreamer, 28, 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. Forfeiture was also ordered.

Dreamer was indicted for Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person by a federal grand jury in June 2025 and indicted by superseding indictment for Possession of Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person in July 2025. He pleaded guilty on January 23, 2026.

On May 13, 2025, in Rapid City, the Rapid City Police Department responded to a shots-fired report at a gas station. Law enforcement recovered a Norma brand 9mm Luger shell casing nearby in the middle of the street. Law enforcement reviewed video surveillance footage from outside the gas station. It showed Dreamer shooting a pistol in the middle of a street toward a group of people, where the 9mm shell casing was found by law enforcement shortly after the shooting.

Dreamer had been convicted of a crime punishable beyond a year in prison and therefore he is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. Dreamer procured this pistol by arranging for his significant other, Madeline Bloemendaal, to buy the firearm for him from a Federal Firearms Licensee ("FFL"). She gave a false statement to the FFL representing she was buying the firearm for herself, when in reality she was buying it for Dreamer. Bloemendaal has since been convicted and sentenced.

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This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Rapid City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Schroeder prosecuted the case.

Dreamer was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.