A man who possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced today to almost two years in federal prison.
Tremaine Laron Moore, Jr., age 22, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 1, 2022, guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
At the guilty plea, Moore admitted that, on December 4, 2021, he knowingly possessed a firearm, a Glock 43 9mm handgun, as a prohibited person. Dubuque Police officers found the loaded firearm tucked between the passenger seat and center console of the car Moore was driving following a traffic stop. Moore was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he was previously convicted on July 23, 2018, of Criminal Gang Participation, Conspiracy to Commit a Nonforcible Felony, and Burglary in the Third Degree, all felonies. He was also prohibited from possessing a firearm because he was (1) an unlawful user of marijuana, and (2) subject to a court order restraining him from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner.
Moore was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Moore was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Moore 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 Daniel C. Tvedt and was investigated by the Dubuque Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 22-CR-1007.
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