Davenport Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm

DAVENPORT, IA - On August 30, 2017, Romance Desuave Armstrong, 29, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Armstrong will serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. 

On April 20, 2017, Armstrong pleaded guilty to the offense and admitted that on October 16, 2016, he possessed a Ruger P95 9mm semi-automatic handgun while inside his vehicle in his Davenport driveway. Armstrong was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to multiple felony convictions from Scott County, Iowa. The charge resulted from an investigation initiated when Davenport Police responded to a call of Armstrong suffering a gunshot wound at his residence and to a call of a walk-in patient suffering a gunshot wound at Genesis Medical Center.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Davenport Police Department conducted the investigation. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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Learn more about this release by calling Rachel J. Scherle at 515-473-9300, or by emailing her at Rachel.Scherle@usdoj.gov.