CEDAR RAPIDS – A felon who unlawfully possessed two firearms was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in federal prison.
Daniel Campbell, age 30, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 5, 2013, jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
The evidence at trial showed that around 11:00 p.m. on June 10, 2013, officers from the Dubuque Police Department responded to a 911 call regarding a man with a firearm on Bluff Street. As officers approached the area, they spotted Campbell who matched the description provided in the 911 call. When an officer asked Campbell to stop, Campbell ran away and pulled two guns from his pants. Campbell tossed one gun as he ran through an alley behind a church. Campbell took the second gun and fired a shot over his shoulder at the pursuing officers before tossing the gun into a fenced-in area behind the church. Campbell hid from officers in a trash pile a couple of blocks away before being apprehended around 12:30 a.m. Campbell had previously been convicted in United States District Court in 2007 of providing a false statement to a federal firearms licensee, a felony offense.
Campbell was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner from the Southern District of Iowa. Campbell was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 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. Campbell 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 Daniel C. Tvedt and was investigated by the Dubuque Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Her’s a prime example for, “when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns” He knew he could not posses a firearm, but he got one anyway. Surely he could not pass a NIC check. If he did get it from a legal gun dealer, the gun dealer should be going right behind him.
Excellent point! Well stated. I hope LVS, anonmouse and Iowa Sucks aren’t carrying! What a bunch of twits.
I carry and have for a long time.
Your heart and soul is filled with much hatred mon. Perhaps it’s best for you to leave you guns at home. It’s just a matter of time before you lose your mind to hate mon.
I am not sure how most criminals get their guns, this article explains some but not all. You can’t lump everybody in 1 group because of the actions of a few. Years ago I had an extensive collection and I would say that maybe 1/4 of it I bought either at a gun shop or a gun show. I usually bought from either private persons or someone that has alot of weapons and an FFL but I also had a permit to carry and purchase. Only once that I can remember did I have someone want to buy one of my guns, and I didn’t know him at all. I never sold to anybody that I didn’t know personally.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/guns/procon/guns.html
He was a felon just like you drugger. It is just a matter of time until we catch you and put you in the same cell with him. You are a great bitch.
The only drugger here is you! You have brain damage from all the booze you drank and you used to be a nicotine addict and we can only hope that kills you soon. Cigs are the gift that keeps on giving and I hope it gives you cancer. The sooner the better.
@Creep-I will be around long enough to piss on your grave you chicken sh##. You have a big mouth when hiding behind that keyboard don’t you coward? You are probably one of those jailhouse bitches anyway and really enjoy being spread over a bunk by bubba. Yo cowardly druggers are all the same, big bad a## when high and chicken Sh### when sober.
I hope his felony involved violence or the use of a gun. Where are the gun nuts when it comes to 8 years for what they so cherish?