Waterloo Felon with handgun to federal prison
Contact: Peter Deegan
A Waterloo felon who had a handgun when he was arrested on state check counterfeiting charges was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison.
Gabriel Mangum, age 33, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 13, 2009, guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
On November 28, 1995, Mangum was convicted of a felony crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year – Robbery in the First Degree in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
On December 11, 2008, the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office was involved in an investigation of a large check forgery operation. Mangum was identified as providing counterfeit checks to others to cash locally. A deputy sheriff, acting undercover, was introduced to Mangum as wanting to cash bogus checks. Mangum was arrested on state charges after the meeting and had a loaded pistol in his coat pocket.
Mangum was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Mangum was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment, and a special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was 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 Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office.
