CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo man who possessed a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison.
Brady Lee Morgan, age 25, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 13, 2018 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.
Evidence during the case showed Morgan was in possession of a firearm after police received information that he was in possession of a firearm and cocaine. Police located Morgan at a residence in Waterloo and arrested him pursuant to a previously issued state warrant. Immediately next to Morgan, in a bag, was a firearm as well as drug packaging material. Morgan had previously been convicted of assault causing serious injury after participating in a fight that permanently left the victim without the use of one eye.
Morgan was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade. Morgan was sentenced to 57 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.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Morgan 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 Lisa C. Williams and investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the Waterloo Police Department.
Did the useless person deserve to lose their eye? In the case that they were a real piece of shit who cares one way or another? Cocaine is bad. 4 years for a non violent crime is worse. Prison should be reserved for violent offenders! Not every day criminals. What a stupid concept we operate on. Putting non violent drug offenders in prison seems almost pointless and like it doesn’t HELP anyone….
Send this thug to jail in Tijuana and throw away the key.