CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who was convicted of possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 years in federal prison.
Patrelle Jose Green-Bowman, age 21, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2014 jury verdict finding him guilty of possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun.
The evidence at trial showed that on August 2, 2013, Green-Bowman was found by Waterloo Police Department officers in the backseat of a car parked at an apartment complex in Waterloo. A loaded sawed-off shotgun was found wrapped in Green-Bowman’s coat on the seat immediately behind where Green-Bowman had been sitting.
Green-Bowman was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Green-Bowman was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $200 was imposed. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Green-Bowman 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 Dan Chatham and investigated by the Waterloo Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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