Dubuque Woman Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Multiple Guns

A woman who possessed guns while using drugs was sentenced on February 13, 2019, to three years’ probation.

Marliesha Scott, age 39, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the sentence after a July 9, 2019, guilty plea to drug user in possession of firearms.  Scott possessed three guns while using cocaine and marijuana.  The guns were recovered during a Department of Human Services investigation related to her minor children. 

Scott was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade.  Scott was sentenced to three years’ probation.

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.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lisa C. Williams and investigated by the Dubuque Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. 

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

The case file number is 18-CR-1014.

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