Mason City Man Involved in Burglary Where Guns Were Stolen Sentenced to Federal Prison

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Mason City Man Involved in Burglary Where Guns Were Stolen Sentenced to Federal Prison

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Sept. 11, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

Solano, previously convicted of reckless homicide, caught in possession of seven stolen guns.

A man who possessed numerous guns stolen in a burglary was sentenced Sept. 10, 2019 to 10 years in federal prison.

Daniel Solano, age 33, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

In a plea agreement, Solano admitted to possessing seven firearms from May 12, 2017 to May 30, 2017 and committing a felony crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, specifically, Reckless Homicide in Cook County, Illinois on or about July 26, 2007.

On May 12, 2017, Solano and others broke into a Thompson, Iowa residence and stole seven guns.

Solano was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Solano was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. Solano must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Solano 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 Jack Lammers and investigated by Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Mason City Police Department, and the Clear Lake Police Department.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 18-CR-3058.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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