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Convicted Felon Who Kept a Rifle Next to Drugs He Planned to Sell Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa
Lisbon Man Stored the Gun Next to Meth, Marijuana, and Stolen Property

A Lisbon man who kept a rifle next to methamphetamine and marijuana he planned to sell was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.

Kevin Seeman, age 51, from Lisbon, Iowa, received the prison term after a November 8, 2018 guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Seeman possessed a rifle, which he stored in an outbuilding near marijuana and methamphetamine that he planned to sell.  Evidence at sentencing also showed that, just two weeks prior to the sentencing hearing, officers conducted a traffic stop of Seeman’s vehicle in Cedar Rapids, smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, and found marijuana and methamphetamine on one of the passengers. 

Seeman was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.  Seeman was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment.  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 brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).  PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.  PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

Seeman was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the United States Marshall’s Service on February 28, 2019.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jacob Schunk and investigated by the Lisbon Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. 

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

The case file number is 18-cr-00101-CJW.

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Updated February 14, 2019

Topics
Firearms Offenses
Project Safe Neighborhoods