waterloo gun assaults lead to 2 1/2 years' federal prison
Contact: Peter Deegan
A felon who pointed a handgun at two Waterloo women was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
Andre Ross, 44, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 16, 2010, guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a handgun.
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.
Ross was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Ross was sentenced to 30 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.
Ross is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
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 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.
