Eagle Butte man sentenced for possession of firearm

A 45-year-old Eagle Butte man was sentenced recently to 18 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The sentencing occurred Jan. 22 in U.S. District Court.

Philip Lamar Nordvold will also be on three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. He was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S…