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

DAVENPORT, IA – On January 13, 2016, Tiano Nishan Trice, 34, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 90 months in prison for a felon in possession of a firearm charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Trice was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims’ Fund. Trice was also ordered to forfeit the Smith and Wesson 40-caliber handgun involved in the offense.

Trice pleaded guilty to the felon in possession of a firearm charge on September 8, 2015. According to the plea agreement, on April 12, 2015, Davenport Police officers responded to a residence where a female victim reported Trice had threatened her and held a gun to her head. The victim was able to direct officers to the gun, which Trice had hidden under a bedroom mattress. The gun was traced and found to have been stolen from a garage in Davenport. Prior to April 2015, Trice was convicted of delivery of crack cocaine, a felony, in 2005.

This matter was investigated by the Davenport Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa as part of the Project Safe Neighborhood initiative.