A Fort Duchesne man has received his prison sentence after being found Guilty of a 2022 gun crime. The U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release on Tuesday, sharing that 32-year-old Kasey Todd Reed of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment, and ordered by the court to three years’ supervised release after he committed a violent crime that involved shooting a firearm at his domestic partner’s home. “The sentence, imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge David Sam comes after Reed pleaded guilty on December 6th, 2024, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while within Indian Country,” shares the announcement. “According to court documents, and statements made at Reed’s change of plea and sentencing hearings, on May 30th, 2022, Reed was involved in a domestic dispute with his partner, and after being pepper sprayed, Reed threatened to return to the victim’s home to harm her. Upon his return, Reed pointed a loaded .38 five-shot revolver at the victim’s residence and fired five rounds towards the home that housed multiple occupants as he drove past in his vehicle.” The FBI Salt Lake City Field Office’s Vernal Resident Agency investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sam Pead of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods that focuses on reducing gun violence and other violent crime, and making our neighborhoods safer for everyone. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit Justice.gov/PSN.
