A man who possessed a loaded firearm while on supervised release was sentenced today to more than one year in federal prison.
Jamie Valentine. age 56, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 1, 2022 guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
At the guilty plea, Valentine admitted that on or about December 12, 2021, he possessed a High Standard Sport King .22 caliber pistol while prohibited due to being previously convicted of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity in 2009. At sentencing, the evidence showed that the United States Probation Office conducted an unannounced home visit and found a fully loaded .22 caliber pistol in Valentine’s nightstand.
Valentine was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Valentine was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and fined $100. He must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
Valentine is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Liz Dupuich and investigated by the United States Marshals Service, the United States Probation Office, and the Dubuque Police Department.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 22-cr-1003.
Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.