U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
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A man from Dubuque, Iowa, has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison after being found guilty of distributing heroin and fentanyl that led to two overdose deaths in Marion in 2023.
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A Waterloo man with a lengthy criminal record has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
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A Waterloo, Iowa resident originally from Bosnia was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
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A federal jury in Cedar Rapids convicted Dennis Clifford Bruce, the former president of a now-defunct telecommunications infrastructure company in Eastern Iowa, on multiple bankruptcy-related charges.
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Jason Michael Weiland, a 49-year-old resident of Sherrill, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for his involvement in distributing methamphetamine.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses.
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A Monticello, Iowa man was sentenced to federal prison after admitting to possessing six firearms, three of which were obtained through his grandmother.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.
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A Rockford, Iowa man has pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving child pornography.
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A woman from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
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A jury in Cedar Rapids has found Joshua James Cannady, a 51-year-old resident of Yucca Valley, California, guilty of eight drug-related charges.
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A former paramedic from Manilla, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for tampering with vials of narcotic pain medication.
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A Mexican citizen residing in Iowa has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after previous felony convictions related to immigration offenses.
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A Fort Dodge man with a lengthy criminal record has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Tony Morfitt, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Cedar Rapids since 2010, has been promoted to Colonel in the Air Force and Iowa Air National Guard as of January 31, 2026.
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A man from Independence, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
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A man from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon.
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A man originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced on January 30, 2026, for participating in a scheme to defraud the United States government through the diversity visa lottery system.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for laundering funds obtained through a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aaron StandsAndLooksBack, also known as Aaron Woodman, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.