Chicago Man Charged with Stealing a Handgun from a Cedar Rapids Gun Shop

Dante Glinn, age 22, from Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with one count of theft of a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer and one count of possession of a stolen firearm.­  The charges are contained in a Complaint filed on August 28, 2015.  Glinn was arrested in Chicago on August 31, 2015, and made his initial appearance yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

The Complaint alleges that, on or about August 25, 2015, Glinn entered the Sports Outfitters, a licensed firearms dealer located in Cedar Rapids, during business hours.  As Glinn walked by a display case, he reached over the case, opened the door, removed a Kimber .45 caliber pistol, and then fled from the store with the pistol.

If convicted on all charges, Glinn faces a possible maximum sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment, a $500,000 fine, $200 in special assessments, and six years of supervised release following any imprisonment.­

Glinn appeared yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids and was held pending a detention hearing on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 8:00 a.m.

As with any criminal case, a charge is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney C.J. Williams and was investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.   Court file informationavailable: https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 15-mj-00276.

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