Troy Cooke, 46, from Sioux City, Iowa, was charged with 1 Count of transferring a firearm and ammunition to a felon, the charges are contained in an indictment filed Feb. 20, 2019 in United States District Court in Sioux City.
The allegations against Cooke were, in essence, that he gave a gun (an IAC Billerica, Model 1911-A1, handgun) and ammunition to Ronald Warner knowing and having reason to know Ronald Warner had been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding a year.
Trial was scheduled to begin July 1, 2019. Just days before trial, Cooke entered a guilty plea, without a plea agreement, and fully admitted to the crime for which he was charged. Cooke faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $100 fine, and 5 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being investigated by the Sioux City Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Forde Fairchild.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 19-CR-4010.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
