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A convicted sex offender who lived and worked in Iowa for about 14 months without registering as a sex offender was sentenced on September 9, 2021, to more than a year in…

A woman who distributed crack cocaine with her father was sentenced September 3, 2021, to eight months in federal prison. Lekeya Shantay Gillenwater, age 29, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term…

A man who attempted to pilot an airplane from Wisconsin to New Mexico without a pilot’s license was sentenced today in federal court.  Keith Alexander Thomas, age 44, from Portales, New Mexico,…

A man who placed an incendiary device on the property of another was sentenced September 7, 2021, to more than three years in federal prison. Aaron Hinke, age 46, from Bellevue, Iowa,…

A man who was previously convicted of multiple felony offenses, and later possessed over 1 kilogram of pure methamphetamine and guns, pled guilty on September 7, 2021, in federal court in Cedar…

A man who received over $13,000 in fraudulently obtained CARES Act unemployment funds was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison.  Brian Lynn Whorton, age 55, from Marion, Iowa, received the…

David Alan Tafolla, age 54, from Oelwein, Iowa, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, four counts of distribution of a controlled substance, and one count…

A man who distributed videos of a toddler being sexually abused by her mother on social media was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison. Douglas John Buttikofer Jr., age 41,…

A man who shot at an occupied vehicle in an apartment complex parking lot was sentenced today to more than eight years in federal prison. Eric James Lyle, age 34, from Cedar…

A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Timothy James Hensley, age 44, from Martell, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being…

A convicted felon who was found with a firearm magazine on one day and a firearm for that magazine nine days later was sentenced on August 12, 2021, to more than five…

A man who maintained a long term online grooming relationship with a minor teenager via social media, which ended with him secretly driving her to Iowa and hiding her in a park…

A man who unlawfully possessed a loaded handgun while awaiting sentencing on another federal firearms offense was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison.  The court ordered the sentence to be…

A former employee of a federally licensed firearms dealer who stole a handgun from his employer while at work was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. Raykwon Stevenson, age 25,…

A man who broke into a house and stole an AR‑15-style rifle and marijuana was sentenced today to five years in federal prison. John Christopher Jacobson, age 23, from Lowden, Iowa, received…

A man who distributed a deadly cocktail of opioids was sentenced today to more than 15 years in federal prison. Julius Gene Irvin, age 30, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term…

A man with multiple prior convictions involving violence was sentenced today to over seven years in federal prison.  Charles Ware, age 47, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty…

A Cresco man who cyberstalked a Minnesota woman for nearly two years was sentenced on July 30, 2021, to ten years in federal prison. Michael Shawn McGuire, age 58, from Cresco, Iowa,…

A man who took photographs of a child performing a sex act was sentenced today to more than twenty-eight years in federal prison. Terrance Sullivan, age 63, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the…

A man with multiple prior convictions involving violence was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison.  Trenton Sliekers, age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea…