DAVENPORT, Iowa – Two Iowa City men were sentenced in federal court for firearms charges.
Olajude Liron Krebs, age 22, was sentenced on Wednesday June 22, 2022 to 27 months in prison for Drug User in Possession of a Firearm, Making False Statements During a Firearm Purchase, and Conspiracy. Krebs must serve a 3-year term of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Dwayne Vadim Scott, age 28, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 to 18 months in prison for Conspiracy. Following his prison sentence, Scott must serve a 3-year term of supervised release.
For approximately one year, Krebs, Scott, and others conspired to illegally obtain firearms. Krebs and Scott used straw purchasers, including John Vest-Walker, to illegally purchase firearms on their behalf. In April 2022, Vest-Walker was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Law enforcement recovered one of the guns Krebs obtained from Vest-Walker at the residence of a convicted felon. Just one day after Vest-Walker purchased another gun, Scott sold that illegally purchased firearm to a third-party. Two of the guns Krebs and Scott obtained through a second straw purchaser were later recovered in Indiana and Illinois.
Krebs obtained a permit to purchase firearms and quickly purchased five firearms and made false statements in connection with those purchases. Law enforcement recovered one of those firearms from Krebs while he was under the influence of marijuana.
Scott trafficked the firearms he obtained to other people who were also prohibited from possessing them. At least one firearm was recovered by law enforcement following a shots-fired incident.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Iowa City Police Department investigated the case.