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Felon’s Guilty Plea in Domestic Assault
A chilling scene unfolded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when Gage Ferdinand Skola, 28, of Marion, Iowa, assaulted a woman with a firearm, prompting a guilty plea in federal court.
According to court documents, on February 10, 2018, Marion Police responded to a call about a woman bleeding from the head. The victim stated that she and her fiancée, Skola, had engaged in an argument that escalated throughout the day.
Skola then obtained a handgun and hit the woman in the back of the head with it. The woman fled to a neighbor’s residence, and Skola followed her there shortly thereafter. Skola then entered the neighbor’s residence, pointed a revolver at his fiancée, then at his own head, stating that there would be a ‘double homicide.’
One of the neighbors took the revolver from Skola, and he left the house. Marion Police officers arrested Skola a few hours later when he returned to the neighbor’s house.
Skola later told officers that he drank an entire bottle of Fireball whiskey earlier in the day on February 10, and did not remember anything from the day after that.
Sentencing for Skola will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Skola remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and 3 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and making neighborhoods safer. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made turning the tide of rising violent crime in America a top priority.
The case is being investigated by the Marion Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Dan Chatham.
Sentencing details and court file information are available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 18-CR-00007-LRR.
Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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