Shiloh Michael Wolf, Stolen Firearms, Iowa 2021

A Wisconsin man who burglarized a residence during the summer of 2016 and then supplied some of the stolen firearms to a Dubuque drug dealer has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison. Shiloh Michael Wolf, age 23, from Montfort, Wisconsin, received the prison term after a March 17, 2021 guilty plea to one count of possession, barter, and sale of a stolen firearm.

In a plea agreement, Wolf admitted that, in July 2016, he burglarized a residence in Bagley, Wisconsin, and stole ten pistols and revolvers, as well as about 800 rounds of ammunition. Wolf was a methamphetamine dealer who targeted the pistols and revolvers in the burglary because he wanted to steal firearms that would be helpful in the drug trade. Later in the summer of 2016, Wolf traded five of the firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to another methamphetamine dealer in Dubuque, Iowa, for cash and methamphetamine.

Over the course of the next several years, Iowa law enforcement officers discovered a number of felons and drug users in possession of the firearms that Wolf had stolen in the burglary. In August 2016, law enforcement officers searched Jordan Dakota Ness’s home in Dubuque and discovered a revolver and a pistol that Wolf had stolen in the burglary. Ness was a felon. In May 2021, Ness was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison.

In November 2016, law enforcement officers found a pistol that Wolf had stolen in the burglary during a search of a car that an unlawful drug user, felon, and domestic abuser, Jeremy Michael Kieffer, was operating in Dubuque. In June 2017, Kieffer was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for possessing the pistol illegally.

In January 2019, law enforcement officers recovered a pistol that Wolf had stolen in the possession of an unlawful drug user, John David Orr III, in Dubuque. In October 2019, Orr was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

Wolf was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Wolf was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. He was ordered to make $6,000 in restitution to the victim of the burglary. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/wisconsin-man-sentenced-decade-federal-prison-supplying-stolen-firearms-dubuque-drug