Felon Who Sold Stolen Weapons Sentenced To Ten Years

A six-time felon who stole weapons and sold them after burglarizing homes was sentenced yesterday to ten years in federal prison.

Dustin Wilson, age 37, from rural Center Junction, received the prison term after a May 15, 2015, guilty plea to a one-count Indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

At the guilty plea hearing, Wilson admitted that, on January 1, 2013, he possessed two stolen firearms. Prior to this possession he had been convicted of six felony offenses, five of which involved drug related crimes.  During sentencing, it was revealed that Wilson had obtained these weapons after burglarizing a home.  He later sold them.  Evidence also showed that Wilson had burglarized another home several months earlier and sold a weapon he had taken during that burglary.

Wilson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade.  He was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment.  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.

Wilson 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 Steve Young and investigated by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 15-CR-00035.

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