A man who was found in possession of a handgun in relation to a shooting was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison.
Dameon Harris, age 23, from Waterloo, Iowa, was convicted of being a felon and unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. In a plea agreement, Harris admitted that on April 7, 2015, he was outside his girlfriend’s apartment complex when someone in a white vehicle drove by and shot at him. Defendant was, at the time, armed with a.22 caliber Mossberg firearm. Before the police arrived to investigate the shooting, Harris tried to hide his firearm in his girlfriend’s apartment. At the time Harris possessed the firearm, he was an unlawful user of marijuana. Harris had previously been convicted in 2013 of the felony offense of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon in Chicago, Illinois.
Harris was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Harris was sentenced to 57 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.
Harris 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 C.J. Williams and investigated by Waterloo Police Department.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 15-cr-2016-LRR.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
