CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo felon with numerous previous convictions was busted after cops found his DNA on a discarded, loaded pistol with an attached high capacity extended magazine has received a 5-year prison term, federal authorities announced..
Prequondis Lequay Holmes, age 29 from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 2, 2019 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.
In August 2018, Holmes was traveling in a vehicle when it was stopped by the police. Holmes told the driver to take-off and then ran away, leaving a pistol with an attached high capacity extended magazine in the vehicle. Law enforcement found Holmes’ DNA on the pistol. Holmes has previous convictions for intimidation with a dangerous weapon, reckless use of a firearm, assault causing bodily injury, eluding, and flight to avoid prosecution.
Holmes was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Holmes was sentenced to 70 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. This case is also part of Project Guardian, the Department of Justice’s signature initiative to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws.
Holmes 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 Emily K. Nydle and investigated by a Federal Task Force composed of the Waterloo Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms assisted by the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office and Cedar Falls Police Department.
If you name your kid Perquondis, there’s a good chance he’s going to end up in prison. It’s state law.