waterloo gun assaults lead to federal firearm conviction
Contact: Peter Deegan
A felon who pointed a handgun at two Waterloo women pled guilty to a gun crime today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Andre Ross, 44, from Waterloo, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being a felon in possession of a handgun.
Information filed with the court showed Ross was convicted of second degree burglary in Black Hawk County, Iowa, on September 10, 1992. On January 11, 2010, in Waterloo, Ross threatened his girlfriend and another woman with a loaded handgun. When Waterloo police officers arrived, Ross admitted he had the gun in one coat sleeve and a box of ammunition in the other. The loaded .22 caliber revolver and ammunition for the gun were recovered from the coat he was wearing.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Ross remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Ross faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and 3 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bob Teig as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a cooperative local, state, and federal program aimed at the enhanced prosecution of gun crimes. The case was investigated by the Waterloo Police Department.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-2011.
