Tag: Iowa
Jeffrey J. Kinseth, Fraud, Iowa 2012
Jeffrey J. Kinseth of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the agency announced February 23, 2012. Kinseth and his company, Virtual Vision Inc., were accused of fraudulently soliciting investments, misappropriating funds, and issuing false statements to investors. The CFTC’s order alleges that between March 2008…
Russell Wasendorf Sr, Fund Misappropriation, Iowa 2013
Cedar Falls, Iowa – On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against U.S. Bank National Association, alleging the unlawful use and holding of customer funds belonging to Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. The complaint centers around the actions of…
Russell Wasendorf Sr., Customer Funds Misappropriation, Iowa 2015
CEDAR FALLS, IA – U.S. Bank National Association has been ordered to pay $18 million in restitution to customers of the now-defunct Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., following a ruling by Chief Judge Linda R. Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on February 4, 2015. The judgment stems from the…
Shelton Lapointe, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Nebraska 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 36-year-old Sioux City man is facing life behind bars after a high-speed chase and crash that left a stash of methamphetamine scattered on the side of the road. Shelton Lapointe was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing with intent to distribute the deadly drug. The chaos unfolded on…
Shelton Lapointe, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Iowa 2026
A brazen attempt to evade law enforcement ended in disaster for Shelton Lapointe, a 36-year-old Sioux City man, who was convicted of methamphetamine trafficking charges on April 29, 2026, in federal court. Lapointe was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and aiding…
Burrell Marquis Jackson, Methamphetamine Distribution, Iowa 2026
A 35-year-old man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine. Burrell Marquis Jackson was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment on April 28, 2026, by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. The charges against Jackson stemmed from a series…
Dawson Sanderson, Child Sex Exploitation, Iowa 2021
⏱ 2 min read A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography. Dawson Sanderson, 24, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge C.J. Williams on April 27, 2026. According to court records, Sanderson used the internet to try to persuade, induce, and…
Robert Fleming, Escape from Custody, Iowa 2025
Robert Fleming, a 61-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, has been sentenced to two months in federal prison for escaping from the Gerald R. Hinzman Center in Iowa. Fleming was serving a federal prison sentence after being convicted of possession and aid abet the possession with intent to distribute cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a…
Nicholas John Baker, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Nicholas John Baker, a 35-year-old from Dubuque, Iowa, is headed to the big house for five years after getting pinched for illegally possessing a gun during a domestic dispute. The July 31, 2025, incident sparked a search of his home, where cops found a stolen gun with a 32-round magazine stashed…
Larnell Logan, Felony Firearm Possession, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read A six-time felon fired a gun eight times in a Cedar Rapids, Iowa neighborhood on November 15, 2023. Larnell Logan, 41, of Frankfort, Illinois, terrorized a home, demanding money and threatening to kill everyone before fleeing the scene. Logan, who has five felony convictions, including domestic abuse assault by strangulation and…
