Cedar Rapids Felon Who Tosses Gun During High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Federal Prison

A felon who discarded a loaded firearm while fleeing from the police was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.  Lawrence Curtis Glover, age 42, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 10, 2025 guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Information at sentencing showed that on January 6, 2024, law enforcement stopped a car that Glover was driving in Cedar Rapids.  After Glover realized that officers were going to search his car, he fled and led officers on a high-speed pursuit.  He reached speeds of at least 80 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone.  During the chase, he tossed a loaded firearm out the window of his car.  Glover then pulled over.  Officers later searched his car and found psilocybin chocolates and marijuana.  Glover has a 2011 federal conviction for distribution and aiding and abetting the distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base.  

Glover was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Glover was sentenced to 66 months’ imprisonment and must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

Glover 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 Devra T. Hake and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task Force.  The task force is composed of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, and the Marion Police Department.  

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 25-CR-3.

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