Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on December 6, 2018, 39 year-old Brian Reed was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 105 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

On January 27, 2017, law enforcement officers were called to a residence in Council Bluffs, Iowa, for a complaint about a man threatening people with a gun. A search of the residence revealed a loaded 9mm handgun in the kitchen. 9mm ammunition was later recovered during the execution of a search warrant at the same residence on August 28, 2017. Reed was a convicted felon and drug user at the time he possessed the ammunition. Reed pled guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of ammunition on May 24, 2018.

This matter was investigated by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Council Bluffs, Iowa, Police Department, the Fourth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, and the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.