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USAO Press Release on July 24, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man with ties to a local gang was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and making a false statement during a firearm purchase.

Darius R. Thomas, 28, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 3 years in…


USAO Press Release on July 23, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.

Joseph Archer III, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 96 months in federal prison without parole.

On Oct. 29, 2024, Archer pleaded guilty to…


USAO Press Release on July 23, 2025

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Two Muscatine men were sentenced on July 22, 2025, to federal prison for drug and gun crimes, related to an officer involved shooting in Muscatine on May 29, 2024.

According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, on May 29, 2024, Juan Aldo Beltran…


USAO Press Release on July 23, 2025

Romario Pierre-Louis, age 30, from Sioux City, was sentenced July 18, 2025, to more than 5 years in federal prison, after a March 6, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.

Evidence in the case revealed just after midnight on October 15, 2024, law enforcement was called to…


USAO Press Release on July 22, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo., and possessing firearms.

Russell Lee Deck, Jr., 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian C. Wimes…


USAO Press Release on July 22, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Joplin, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with his possession of a firearm recovered following a shooting in Joplin, Mo.

Andrew M. Reed, 22, was charged in a single count indictment with being a felon possession of a firearm. Today’s…


USAO Press Release on July 21, 2025

A man who conspired to distribute fentanyl pills was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison. Jaylon William Throgmartin, age 22, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance…


USAO Press Release on July 21, 2025

A man who possessed multiple machinegun conversion devices on more than one occasion was sentenced on July 18, 2025, to 108 months in federal prison.

Gentile Kahungu, age 19, who was living in Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 31, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a…

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