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Lebanese man sentenced for part in illegal gun shipments to Beirut
by Chris EgerA federal judge in Iowa on Wednesday gave a man from Lebanon a nearly five-year sentence for his connection to a ring of Lebanese expatriates who shipped guns to the Middle East.
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‘Professional convict’ gets 68 months shaved off sentence for gun charge
by Chris EgerAn Iowa man serving over 15 years in federal prison on weapons charges saw his sentence reduced this week due to a 2016 Supreme Court decision.
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Woman live-streams herself harassing police (VIDEO)
by Jennifer CruzThe 65-year-old woman taunted the female officer, poking fun at her badge bearing black tape and the officer whose life it represented.
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Iowa man gets 28 years for international gun smuggling scheme
by Brian SeayAn Iowa man has been sentenced to 28 ½ years in federal prison for trying to send hundreds of guns to Lebanon.
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Final suspect pleads guilty in scheme to ship guns to Lebanon
by Daniel TerrillThe final member of a Cedar Rapids family caught shipping guns to Lebanon pleaded guilty in federal court last week, the Justice Department said.
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Cedar Rapids man convicted of stealing gun from behind counter
by Daniel TerrillA Cedar Rapids man who was accused of reaching behind a gun counter and stealing a pistol was convicted in federal court.
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Cedar Rapids man gets 4 years for gun possession, smoking weed
by Daniel TerrillA 20-year-old was sentenced to four years and nine months in a federal prison for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of a gun.
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Would you like a side of meth with that? Active lab found inside Iowa Taco Bell (VIDEO)
by Jennifer CruzThe two men said they set up the meth lab simply so they could “stay high all the time.”
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Read federal complaint against family who smuggled guns to Middle East
by GDC StaffAuthorities charged four people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with illegally shipping containers containing guns and ammunition to the Middle East, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday.
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Obama’s political advocacy group holds gun control rally in Cedar Rapids (VIDEO)
by S.H. Blannelberry“As long as our gun laws are as lax as they are, we all live in Newtown,” said Cate Barker, an event organizer for the Gun Violence Prevention Rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Translation: we need to ban commonly-owned, semiautomatic sporting rifles. Do you agree?
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