Two Linn County Men Charged With Theft of Forty-Eight Firearms

John Gillespie, age 18, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Jeremy Reynolds, age 18, from Hiawatha, Iowa, have been charged with one count each of theft of firearms from a licensed firearms dealer in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.­ Reynolds is charged in an Indictment filed on July 18, 2017. Gillespie is charged in an Information filed on July 14, 2017. Both Reynolds and Gillespie were previously charged in complaints and were previously detained by the court.

If convicted, both defendants face not more than 10 years’ imprisonment without the possibility of parole, a $250,000 fine, $100 in special assessments, and not more than 3 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.­

Reynolds appeared on July 19, 2017, in federal court in Cedar Rapids for his arraignment. Reynolds’ next appearance for trial is set for September 18, 2017.

Gillespie is scheduled to appear in federal court in Cedar Rapids for an arraignment on August 3, 2017.

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 Emily K. Nydle and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Hiawatha Police Department, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, and the Loves Park Police Department.

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

Gillespie’s case file number is 17-Cr-00050 and Reynolds’ case file number is 17-Cr-00051

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