# Ashley Dyrdahl *Burnsville, Minnesota, resident sentenced in federal court for straw-purchasing firearms* Ashley Dyrdahl, of [[Burnsville]], [[Minnesota]], was indicted by a [[federal grand jury]] on March 14, 2024. The indictment carried eleven counts and charged that she straw-purchased five firearms between September 21, 2023 and January 25, 2024. The firearms were bought for a person the record identifies as Gooden.[^1][^2] Dyrdahl pleaded guilty to two of the eleven counts, and the other nine were dismissed.[^2] On September 10, 2025 she was sentenced to 45 months.[^2] ## Who In the federal prosecution, Dyrdahl is identified as a resident of Burnsville.[^1] The person for whom the firearms were bought is identified as Gooden.[^1][^2] ## What The indictment listed five firearms bought for Gooden: a Glock 47, a Glock 43X, and three AR-pattern lower receivers.[^1] Fox 9 reported that a court denied Gooden's request to have his firearm rights restored in 2020. The same report states that Dakota County had 27 such petitions as of February 2024.[^3] ## When - **September 21, 2023 – January 25, 2024:** the five purchases charged in the indictment were made.[^1] - **March 14, 2024:** a federal grand jury returned the eleven-count indictment.[^1] - **September 10, 2025:** Dyrdahl was sentenced to 45 months.[^2] ## How many - **Counts:** eleven counts were charged. Dyrdahl pleaded guilty to two, and nine were dismissed.[^2] - **Firearms:** the charges cover five firearms bought over roughly four months.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The project's claims-exposure matrix lists the case as entry AI-Dakota-031, under the heading *II. The Use-of-Force Ledger*. The entry records the case's path from the March 14, 2024 indictment to the September 10, 2025 sentence.[^1][^2] The matrix summarizes the conduct as five documented transactions inside four months. As charged, those purchases ran from September 21, 2023 to January 25, 2024.[^1] The entry rests on one agency source and one news source. The ATF release supports the indictment, the counts and the list of firearms.[^1] The guilty plea, the dismissal of nine counts and the 45-month sentence rest on the CBS News Minnesota report.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, *Press release on the indictment of Ashley Dyrdahl, Burnsville* (on the Mar. 14, 2024 indictment). It establishes the federal grand-jury indictment on eleven counts for straw-purchasing five firearms (a Glock 47, a Glock 43X, three AR-pattern lower receivers) between Sept. 21, 2023 and Jan. 25, 2024. https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/burnsville-woman-indicted-straw-purchasing-firearms-used-fatal-shooting-three-first [^2]: CBS News Minnesota, *Report on the sentencing of Ashley Dyrdahl* (on the Sept. 10, 2025 sentencing). It establishes the guilty plea to two counts, the dismissal of nine counts and the 45-month sentence. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ashley-dyrdahl-sentencing-burnsville-first-responder-shooting/ [^3]: Fox 9, *Report on Gooden's petition for restoration of firearm rights* (2024). It reports the 2020 court denial and a count of 27 Dakota County petitions as of Feb. 2024. https://www.fox9.com/news/burnsville-gunman-wanted-his-firearm-rights-restored-this-is-why-the-system-blocked-him