Marion Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Firearm as a Felon

A felon who was found in possession of a .357 magnum revolver pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

Fabian Taylor, age 28, from Marion, Iowa, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.  In a plea agreement, Taylor admitted that on July 20, 2014, he knowingly possessed a .357 magnum revolver in Cedar Rapids.  At a detention hearing, a federal agent with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force testified about this matter indicating that on July 20, 2014, authorities responded to multiple 911 calls reporting “shots fired.”  They were informed that witnesses heard three or four shots coming from a rear passenger door of a white Hummer, which had fled the area.  Officers located the automobile near the scene of the shooting and gave chase.  The Hummer drove down an alley before ultimately pulling over.  Taylor was seated in the right rear passenger seat.  One of the other occupants of the automobile later testified that Taylor was the person who shot out of the window at a person with whom he was having a dispute.  During the automobile chase, Taylor threw the .357 magnum out of the window as they drove down the alley, which officers later recovered.  Taylor was a felon at the time he possessed the .357 magnum, having been convicted in 2006 of the offense of Burglary in a Minnesota state court.

Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Taylor remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Taylor faces a possible maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, $100 in special assessments, and three years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

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 information: https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 15-CR-0057-LRR.

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