COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 10, 2017, Brandon David Kinnear, a 25 year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by bySenior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for a felon in possession of a firearm charge, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
Kinnear pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2017, to the charge. On Aug. 30, 2016, Kinnear was walking in Carter Lake, Iowa, with the grip of a handgun visible just above his waistband. Carter Lake Police Officers stopped Kinnear and found him in possession of a.22 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Kinnear was prohibited from possession a firearm as the result of a 2013 felony drug conviction in South Dakota.
The Carter Lake Police Department, the Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Learn more about this release by calling Rachel J. Scherle at 515-473-9300, or by emailing her at Rachel.Scherle@usdoj.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
