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Sons of Silence Enforcer Sentenced to Federal Prison
A man who was the enforcer for the Northern Iowa Chapter of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
Justin Carlson, 38, of Sheffield, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Carlson was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.
According to court documents, Carlson admitted to confronting a motorcyclist who was an off-duty police officer on April 5, 2020. Carlson and other members of the Sons of Silence and another affiliated group claimed the officer needed permission from the Sons of Silence to wear one of the patches on the back of the motorcyclist’s jacket.
In a subsequent search of Carlson’s home, officers recovered Carlson’s Sons of Silence motorcycle vest, which had a brass knuckles in the pocket, numerous items of Sons of Silence paraphernalia, and two firearms.
Carlson was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on a date yet to be set. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert and investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an evidence-based program aimed at reducing violent crime. PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
The case file number is 20-CR-3035. Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA for updates on this and other cases.
Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Violent Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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