Former Cedar Rapids Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison in COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Scheme
A former Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident who helped other individuals procure more than 30 false and fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans, valued at more than $600,000, was sentenced on March 8, 2024, to…
Cedar Rapids Woman Who Sold $1,000 Worth of Heroin and Fentanyl Sentenced to Over Seven Months
A woman who sold heroin and fentanyl in Cedar Rapids was sentenced today to over seven months in federal prison. Ladonna Cynthia Givens, age 33, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison…
Defendants Plead Guilty in Cedar Rapids Heroin Wiretap Investigation
Two men who conspired to distribute heroin in Cedar Rapids pled guilty on June 2, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Thomas Nathaniel May, age 27, from Iowa City, Iowa, and…
Grand Rapids Gang Member Sentenced To Nearly A Decade In Federal Prison
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Steven Chavez Phillips-Hall, age 30, of Grand Rapids, Michigan,…
Cedar Rapids Drug Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison
A Cedar Rapids drug dealer with 59 prior adult convictions was sentenced May 24, 2022, to more than 13 years in federal prison. Kyle Anthony Doolin, age 61, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,…
Wiretap of Cedar Rapids Heroin and Fentanyl Distributors Lands Vinton Man in Federal Prison for Nearly Four Years
A man who conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison. Ryan Rick Schlitter, age 39, from Vinton, Iowa, received…
Cedar Rapids Drug User Who Bought Thirty-One Firearms Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
A drug user who bought thirty-one firearms, at least twenty-four of which were for other people, was sentenced on May 13, 2022, to five years in federal prison. Chevelle Manuel Daudinot, Jr.,…
Grand Rapids Man Sentenced To Over 27 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Fatal Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused Two Deaths
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN – On May 10, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney sentenced Mustafa Deville Reynolds, 24, of Grand Rapids, to 328 months (27 years and…
Grand Rapids Men Sentenced For Shooting At A Federal Officer
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou sentenced Jaquari Trotter, age 21, and Gregory Rogers, age 22,…
Wisconsin Rapids Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Shamont Lindsey, 38, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William…
Three Plead Guilty to Cedar Rapids Heroin Conspiracy Uncovered by Wiretap Investigation
Three individuals who were caught conspiring to distribute heroin during a wiretap investigation pled guilty recently in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Cody Scott Deklotz, age 31, from Shellsburg, Iowa, Andrew James…
Cedar Rapids Man Receives Prison Term For Escape from Custody and Contempt of Court
A man who escaped from the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility and later failed to appear in federal court pursuant to a subpoena was sentenced on March 22, 2022, to more than three…
Cedar Rapids Drug User Sent to Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition
A Cedar Rapids man who unlawfully possessed a firearm and ammunition as a drug user was sentenced March 22, 2022, to more than four years in federal prison. Deanye Bowman-Owens, age 22,…
Cedar Rapids Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
A Cedar Rapids man who intended to distribute methamphetamine and possessed a firearm while doing so was sentenced today to more 15 years in federal prison. Thomas Charles Mart, age 38,…
Cedar Rapids Woman Who Brought Child to Drug Deal Sentenced to Federal Prison
A woman who distributed methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison. Paige Elizabeth Axler, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a September…
Cedar Rapids Man Convicted of Attempted Carjacking and Trying to Have Witness Killed
A man who attempted to carjack a car and subsequently tried to have a witness killed pled guilty on March 7, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Christopher Daniel Taylor, age…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Traveling with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, man, Joseph Allen Wilcher, 40, of the 1800 block of Western Drive, was sentenced on February 24, 2022, to 120 months in prison for…
Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm
A prohibited person who possessed a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rakeem Leonard, age 30, from Cedar Rapids, was convicted of one count of being a…
Man Formerly from Cedar Rapids Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Firearm After Multiple Felony Convictions
A man formerly from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who possessed a gun after three prior felony convictions was sentenced January 27, 2022, to more than three years in federal prison. Patrick Derone James,…
Former Go Cedar Rapids Executives Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud
Doug Hargrave, age 55, from Puyallup, Washington, pled guilty on January 26, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Aaron McCreight, age 47, from Dothan, Alabama, pled guilty today. Each man was…
Cedar Rapids Nurse Sentenced in Drug Diversion and Tampering Scheme
A Cedar Rapids surgery center nurse, who diverted fentanyl to her own use at a local outpatient surgery center, was sentenced on January 21, 2022, to five years probation. Sabrina Thalblum, age…
Grand Rapids Man Guilty Of Fatal Distribution Of Heroin And Fentanyl Causing Two Deaths
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN – On January 13, 2022, a jury found Mustafa Deville Reynolds, 23, of Grand Rapids, guilty of distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the deaths…
Former Go Cedar Rapids Executives Charged With Bank Fraud
Aaron McCreight, 46, from Dothan, Alabama, has been charged with one count of bank fraud. Doug Hargrave, 54, from Puyallup, Washington, has also been charged with one count of bank fraud. The…
Illinois Felon Sentenced in Iowa After Possessing a Gun and Drugs Inside a Cedar Rapids Wal-Mart
A convicted felon who possessed drugs he intended to distribute and a gun inside a Wal-Mart was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison. Sylvester Cunningham, age 41, from…
Cedar Rapids Man Who Robbed Victim at Gunpoint Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison
A man who committed a robbery and operated his car while intoxicated with a firearm in his possession was sentenced on November 29, 2021, to more than eight years in federal prison.…
Cedar Rapids Felon Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison After Shooting at a Vehicle
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, convicted felon who shot a firearm at a vehicle was sentenced November 30, 2021, to nearly five years in federal prison. Nicholas Campbell-Scott, age 24, from Cedar Rapids,…
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