Tag: Iowa
David Gregory Fauser, Firearm Possession by Felon, Iowa 2025
A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison. David Gregory Fauser, age 37, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 29, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. Evidence during the case showed Fauser was involved…
Joseph Onolenga Okamba, Visa Fraud, Iowa 2026
A Des Moines man who once called Cedar Rapids home has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the United States. Congolese national Joseph Onolenga Okamba, 40, appeared in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to face the music. Okamba, who came to the United States in 2008, pleaded…
Ian Andre Roberts, Federal Firearm & False Statement Charges, Iowa 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa – Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for federal firearm and false statement charges. Roberts, a 54-year-old Guyanese citizen, was found guilty of lying about his citizenship on employment paperwork and possessing firearms while being an illegal alien. According to…
Raul Misael Lopez Murrieta, Meth Conspiracy, Iowa 2026
Raul Misael Lopez Murrieta, 23, Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Conspiracy Davenport, Iowa – An Arizona man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Raul Misael Lopez Murrieta, 23, was found guilty of delivering approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine to Richard Allen Tuan Casey, 37, of Coralville…
Debra Ann Vaughn, Bank Fraud, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Debra Ann Vaughn, a 67-year-old woman from Springville, Iowa, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing over $500,000 from her employer, a veteran-owned small business in Cedar Rapids. Vaughn, who worked as the company’s bookkeeper, carried out the sophisticated embezzlement scheme between 2013 and 2021. She created…
Rogelio Morales-Ramos, Reentering the United States without Permission, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rogelio Morales-Ramos, a 36-year-old Guatemalan national, pled guilty to reentering the United States without permission after being deported three times. The incident occurred in Sioux City, Iowa, where Morales-Ramos had been living in Sioux Center. On April 1, 2026, law enforcement attempted to stop Morales-Ramos for speeding, but he fled on…
April Nikkel, Meth Distribution Conspiracy, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read April Nikkel, a 37-year-old woman from Sioux City, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to a meth distribution conspiracy that spanned nearly a year. From January 2025 to November 2025, Nikkel conspired to distribute more than three pounds of methamphetamine, with some of the deals going down near local parks, including Fairmount City…
Derrick Deonte Moore, Fentanyl Distribution, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Derrick Deonte Moore, a 31-year-old from Dubuque, Iowa, was involved in a large-scale fentanyl distribution operation between July 2022 and October 2023. Moore, who had prior felony and domestic abuse assault convictions, worked with others to peddle the deadly opioid, causing two nonfatal overdoses in October and December 2023. The fentanyl…
Davion Lashaun Trawick, Possession of a Firearm, Iowa 2025
A 26-year-old Chicago man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for again possessing a firearm. Davion Lashaun Trawick, age 26, received the prison term after a December 8, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm as a felon. In August 2025, Dubuque police responded to a 911 call and found that Trawick,…
April Nikkel, Meth Distribution, Iowa 2026
Sioux City Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Distribution Conspiracy, Faces 10-Year Minimum Sentence A 37-year-old Sioux City woman has pleaded guilty to her involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that spanned several months in 2025. April Nikkel, a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, entered her guilty plea on May 18, 2026, in federal court in…
