Fort Dodge, Iowa, resident Archester Rodgers, 42, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for firing an assault rifle and violating his duty to register as a sex offender, according to the Department of Justice.
Rodgers was sentenced to 156 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand in Sioux City. He will also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The charges against Rodgers stem from a September 20, 2022, incident in Fort Dodge, where police responded to a call from a woman being threatened by Rodgers, who was outside her apartment with an assault rifle. During the call, the victim heard Rodgers fire the gun, and other people began calling 911 to report hearing shots. Rodgers fled from police when they arrived, eventually crashing his car.
Officers found spent shell casings in Rodgers’ crashed car, which were determined to be fired from his assault rifle, which was later recovered by police. It was later determined that Rodgers shot his assault rifle into another residence in Fort Dodge at least three times that same night. Rodgers was also in violation of his duty to register as a sex offender.
Rodgers has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for rape, sexual battery, domestic assault, failure to register as a sex offender, and possession of a controlled substance. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime through a broad spectrum of stakeholders working together.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ron Timmons and was investigated by the Fort Dodge Police Department and the United States Marshal Service. Rodgers is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case file number is 23-3027, and court file information can be found at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA for updates on federal crime cases in the Northern District of Iowa.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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