A Cedar Rapids man with a sawed-off shotgun was sentenced on April 16, 2010, to over 17 years in federal prison.

Eugene Davis, age 32, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an October 9, 2009, guilty plea to possession of an illegal firearm.

At the guilty plea, Davis admitted that, on June 6, 2009, he unlawfully possessed and discharged a sawed-off shotgun near the 1500 block of Second Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids. Davis had three prior felony burglary convictions included in his criminal record. Because of Davis’ extensive criminal history, he faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal provisions of federal law.

Davis was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Davis was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Davis 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 Richard L. Murphy and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Safe Street Task Force. The task force is composed of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Marshals Service; Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation; Cedar Rapids Police Department; Marion Police Department; Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services; Linn County Sheriff’s Office; and Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 09-52.

 

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