Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearm Offense

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man, Jaime Antonio Hernandez, Jr., age 28, was sentenced on December 14, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by three years of supervised release.

In June of 2020 law enforcement located Hernandez in an apartment in Council Bluffs. Hernandez was found to be in possession of a firearm, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Hernandez pleaded guilty to Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm in February of 2021.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Council Bluffs Police Department, and Omaha Police Department investigated the case.