A convicted felon who illegally possessed a gun after
previous felony drug convictions was sentenced today to two months in federal
prison.
Alan Cherry, age 39, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the
prison term after a guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and
ammunition.
In a plea agreement, Cherry admitted that on February 24,
2018, he was driving a car that was stopped by the Cedar Rapids Police
Department. Cherry told officers that he
had a gun in the car. Officers searched
the car and found a semi-automatic 9mm pistol and ammunition. Cherry had previously been convicted of
manufacture and delivery of marijuana and manufacture and delivery of cocaine,
both of which are felony drug offenses.
Cherry was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District
Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.
Cherry was sentenced to two 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.
Cherry was released on the bond previously set and is to
surrender to the United States Marshal on December 31, 2018.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney
Lisa C. Williams and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task
Force. The task force is composed of representatives
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Marshal Service, and
the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
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