DES MOINES, IOWA - On Thursday, July 8, 2021, a federal judge sentenced Mariah Lynn Cross, age 24, of Des Moines, to 12 months and one day in prison for providing a firearm to a felon and illegally possessing firearms as a drug user. Cross previously pleaded guilty to the charges.
At sentencing, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger found Cross had illegally purchased three firearms by lying on the purchasing forms. All three of those firearms were recovered in the hands of prohibited persons, including felons, drugs users, and an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order.
Acting U.S. Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the Des Moines Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
